• Petrogale Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History ns 1: 577-587 [Date published Nov. 1837: publication date established from Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888]] [583].

  Type species:

   Kangurus penicillatus Gray, 1827 by monotypy.
• Heteropus Jourdan, [?] 1837. Mémoire sur quelques mammifères nouveaux. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 5: 521-524 [Oct. 1837; publication date established from Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888]] [522] [non Heteropus Fitzinger, 1826].

  Type species:

   Kangurus penicillata Gray, 1827 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].
• Peradorcas Thomas, O. 1904. On a collection of mammals made by Mr J.T. Tunney in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of South Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 222-229 [226].

  Type species:

   Petrogale concinna Gould, 1842 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Briscoe, D.A., Calaby, J.H., Close, R.L., Maynes, G.M., Murtagh, C.E. & Sharman, G.B. 1982. Isolation, introgression and genetic variation in rock-wallabies. pp. 73-87 in Groves, R.H. & Ride, W.D.L (eds). Species at Risk: Research in Australia. Proceedings of a symposium on the biology of rare and endangered species in Australia, sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science and held in Canberra, 25 and 26 November 1981. Canberra : Australian Academy of Science. [74]

Introduction

A special issue of Australian Mammalogy is devoted to studies on Petrogale — Australian Mammalogy 33(2) 2011.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Description of a supposed new species of Rock Wallaby from the Palm Islands; on the north-east coast of Australia, proposed to be called Petrogale assimilis. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 359-361 (1875-1876) [360].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Palm Is., N of Townsville, QLD.
• Petrogale puella Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [627].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 25.8.1.50 ♀ adult skin & skull, upper Flinders River and Torrens Creek, N QLD (label on holotype skin reads 'Flinders R., Glendower Stn').

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Present on Palm and Magnetic Islands.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore, low open forest, montane, noctidurnal, open scrub, terrestrial, territorial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Inhabits rocky outcrops, river gorges, etc. adjacent to feeding areas of grassland.

General References

Barker, S.C. 1990. Behaviour and social organisation of the allied rock-wallaby Petrogale assimilis, Ramsey, 1877 (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Australian Wildlife Research 17: 301-311

Bleistein, S., Horsup, A. & Ganslosser, U. 1994. Border conflicts among territorial rock wallabies (Petrogale assimilis). Aggressive Behavior 20: 325-333

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Close, R.L. & Bell, J.N. 1990. Age estimation of pouch young of the allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) in captivity. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 359-367

Delany, R. 1997. Population dynamics of the allied rock-wallaby P. assimilis: Implications for conservation. Australian Mammalogy 19: 199-208

Delany, R. 1997. Reproductive ecology of the allied rock-wallaby, P. assimilis. Australian Mammalogy 19: 209-218

Delany, R. & De'ath, G. 1990. Age estimation and growth rates of captive and wild pouch young of Petrogale assimilis. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 491-499

Delany, R. & Marsh, H. 1995. Estimating the age of wild rock wallabies by dental radiography - a basis for quantifying the age structure of a discrete colony of Petrogale assimilis. Wildlife Research 22: 547-559

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close , R.L. 1995. Allied rock-wallaby. pp. 365-366 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The mammals of Australia. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Horsup, A. 1994. Home range of the allied rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilus. Wildlife Research 21: 65-84

Horsup, A. & Marsh, H. 1992. The diet of the allied rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilis, in the wet-dry tropics. Wildlife Research 19: 17-33

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Merchant, J.C., Marsh, H., Spencer, P. & De'ath, G. 1996. Milk composition and production in free-living allied rock-wallabies, Petrogale assimilis. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 659-674

Spencer, P.B.S. 1991. Evidence of predation by a feral cat, Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae) on an isolated rock-wallaby colony in tropical Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 14: 143-144

Spencer, P.B.S., Adams, M., Marsh, H., Miller, D.J. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. High levels of genetic variability in an isolated colony of rock-wallabies (Petrogale assimilis): Evidence from three classes of molecular markers. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 199-210

Spencer, P.B.S., Horsup, A.B. & Marsh, H.D. 1998. Enhancement of reproductive success through mate choice in a social rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilis (Macropodidae) as revealed by microsatellite markers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 43: 1-9

Spencer, P.B.S. & Speare, R. 1992. Haematology of wild allied rock-wallabies, Petrogale assimilis Ramsay,1877 (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 355-364

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Allied Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Briscoe, D.A., Calaby, J.H., Close, R.L., Maynes, G.M., Murtagh, C.E. & Sharman, G.B. 1982. Isolation, introgression and genetic variation in rock-wallabies. pp. 73-87 in Groves, R.H. & Ride, W.D.L (eds). Species at Risk: Research in Australia. Proceedings of a symposium on the biology of rare and endangered species in Australia, sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science and held in Canberra, 25 and 26 November 1981. Canberra : Australian Academy of Science. [74]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt and Sir Edward Pellew Group in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

IBRA

NT: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnston, P.G. & Lowry, P.S. 1992. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) VII. G-banding analysis of Petrogale brachyotis and P. concinna: species with dramatically altered karyotypes. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61: 34-39

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Lundie-Jenkins, G. & Findlay, E. 1997. Distribution and status of rock-wallabies in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 19: 175-182

Pearson, D.J. & Kinnear, J.E. 1997. A review of the distribution, status and conservation of rock-wallabies in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 137-152

Potter, S., Close, R.L., Taggart, D.A., Cooper, S.J.B. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 401-414

Press, A.J. 1988. The distribution and status of macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 11: 103-108

Sharman, G.B., Maynes, G.M., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Short-eared Rock-wallaby Petrogale brachyotis. pp. 367-368 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Telfer, W.R. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2010. High levels of mitochondrial DNA divergence within short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) populations in northern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 58(2): 104-112

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Short-eared Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Macropus (Petrogale) brachyotis Gould, J. 1841. On two new species of kangaroos (Macropus manicatus and M. brachyotis) from Swan River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 127-128 [July 1841; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [128].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 41.1132 ♂ adult skin & damaged skull, Swan River, WA (=Hanover Bay, NW Australia).

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].

Generic Combinations

• Petrogale brachyotis brachyotis (Gould, 1841).
• Petrogale brachyotis (Gould, 1841).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Petrogale brachyotis victoriae Potter, S., Close, R.L., Taggart, D.A., Cooper, S.J.B. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 401-414 [409].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM15306 ♂ skin & skull, Lobby Creek, ‘Bradshaw’, NT [15°
  20'S, 130
  °06'E].
  Paratype(s) ANWC CM15391 adult ♀ (skull), Golla Spring, Mt Golla Golla ‘Bradshaw’, NT [15
  °18'S, 130
  °27'E]; ANWC CM1199 adult ♂ (skin), Dee Creek, Upper Fitzmaurice River, ‘Dorisvale’ NT [14
  °41'S, 130
  °55'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Petrogale burbidgei Kitchener, D.J. & Sanson, G. 1978. Petrogale burbidgei (Marsupialia, Macropodidae), a new rock wallaby from Kimberley, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 269-285 [272].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM M15830 ♀ adult body in spirit skull extracted and cleaned, Crystal Creek, Mitchell Plateau, WA [14°30´S, 125°47´20'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM M15827.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Present on Bigge, Katers and Boongaree Islands in the Bonaparte Archipelago.

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, terrestrial.

General References

Burbidge, A.A. & Fuller, P.J. 1990. On the vernacular name of Petrogale burbidgei. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14: 645-646

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Kitchener, D.J. 1995. Monjon Petrogale burbidgei. 369 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Lochman, J. 1987. Night drummer on centre stage. Geo. Australia's Geographical Magazine 9: 14-23

Pearson, D.J. & Kinnear, J.E. 1997. A review of the distribution, status and conservation of rock-wallabies in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 137-152

Potter, S., Close, R.L., Taggart, D.A., Cooper, S.J.B. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 401-414 (distribution)

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Warabi)

History of changes

• Petrogale coenensis Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625 [621].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM10493 ♂ adult skin & skull, locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, territorial.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Cape York Rock-wallaby Petrogale coenensis. pp. 370-371 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Cape York Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Present on Bigge, Katers and Boongaree Islands in the Bonaparte Archipelago, and Groote Eylandt.

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nocturnal, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in caves and crevices.

General References

Churchill, S. 1997. Habitat use, distribution and conservation status of the nabarlek, P. concinna, and sympatric rock-dwelling mammals, in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 19: 297-308

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnston, P.G. & Lowry, P.S. 1992. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) VII. G-banding analysis of Petrogale brachyotis and P. concinna: species with dramatically altered karyotypes. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61: 34-39

Goldstone, A.D. & Nelson, J.E. 1986. Aggressive behaviour in two female Peradorcas concinna (Macropodidae) and its relation to oestrus. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 375-385

Lundie-Jenkins, G. & Findlay, E. 1997. Distribution and status of rock-wallabies in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 19: 175-182

Nelson, J.E. & Goldstone, A. 1986. Reproduction in Peradorcas concinna (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Wildlife Research 13: 501-506

Pearson, D.J. & Kinnear, J.E. 1997. A review of the distribution, status and conservation of rock-wallabies in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 137-152

Press, A.J. 1988. The distribution and status of macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 11: 103-108

Sanson, G.D. 1995. Nabarlek Petrogale concinna. pp. 371-372 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Sanson, G.D., Nelson, J.E. & Fell, P. 1985. Ecology of Peradorcas concinna in Arnhem Land in a wet and a dry season. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 13: 65-72

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Nabarlek)

History of changes

• Peradorcas concinna canescens Thomas, O. 1909. Two new mammals from N. Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 197-198 [198].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 04.1.3.58 ♂ adult skin & skull, Nellie Creek, Arnhem Land, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Also Groote Eylandt.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nocturnal, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Petrogale concinna Gould, J. 1842. On two new species of kangaroo (Petrogale concinna and Halmaturus binoe). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 57-58 [57].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 42.5.26.20 ♂ adult skin & skull, NW coast of Australia (=Victoria River =Wyndham).

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nocturnal, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Peradorcas concinna monastria Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [630].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 10.12.25.4 ♀ adult skin & skull without mandible, Napier Broome Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Bigge, Katers and Boongaree Is.

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, nocturnal, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Petrogale godmani Thomas, O. 1923. in Anon. Abstract of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. No. 235 for February 6th, 1923. [177] [a fuller report appears in the proceedings, published later, see Thomas, O. 1923. Exhibition of a new rock kangaroo from northern Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 177–178].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 23.1.5.19 ♂ adult skin & skull, Black Mt, 16 miles SW Cooktown, N QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Thomas, O. 1923. Exhibition of a new rock kangaroo from northern Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 177-178.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial, territorial.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Godman's Rock-wallaby Petrogale godmani. pp. 373-374 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Godman's Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale herberti Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [626].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 22.12.29.9 ♀ adult skin & skull, Eidsvold, Burnett River, S QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Herbert's Rock-wallaby Petrogale herberti. pp. 374-375 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Eldridge M.D.B., & Close R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 605-625

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Herbert's Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale inornata Gould, J. 1842. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. London : J. Gould Part 2. [pl. 46].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, N coast of Australia (=Cape Upstart, Qld)
  Comment: type specimen was reclaimed from Gould by Benjamin Bynoe and is now lost.

  Type locality references:

  Stokes, J.L. 1846. Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the years 1837–38–39–40–41–42–43, by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, also a narration of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea. Vol. 1. xiii 521 pp. [366].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Present on mainland and Whitsunday Is.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, coastal, folivore, gregarious, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, territorial.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Close, R.L. & Johnston, P.G. 1990. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). III. G-banding analysis of Petrogale inornata and P. penicillata. Genome 33: 798-802

Eldridge, M.D.B., Close, R.L. & Johnston, P.G. 1990. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). III. G-banding analysis of Petrogale inornata and P. penicillata. Genome 33: 798-802

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Unadorned Rock-wallaby Petrogale inornata. pp. 376-377 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Unadorned Rock-wallaby Petrogale inornata. pp. 376-377 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Johnson, P.M. 1979. Reproduction in the plain rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata inornata Gould, in captivity, with age estimation of the pouch young. Australian Wildlife Research 6: 1-4

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Unadorned Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Campeau-Péloquin, A., Kirsch, J.A.W., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Lapointe, F-J. 2001. Phylogeny of the rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) based on DNA/DNA hybridisation. Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 463-486

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Copley, P.B. & Alexander, P.J. 1997. Overview of the status of rock-wallabies in South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 153-162

Dickman, C.R. 1996. Impact of exotic generalist predators on the native fauna of Australia. Wildlife Biology 2: 185-195

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Close, R.L. & Johnston, P.G. 1991. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. G-banding analysis of the Petrogale lateralis complex. Australian Journal of Zoology 39: 621-627

Eldridge, M.D.B., Gee, P., Gee, I. & Reardon, T. 1994. Identification of a rock wallaby population from the Davenport Ranges, central South Australia, as Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race. Australian Mammalogy 17: 125-128

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnson, P.M. & Close, R.L. 1993. Identification of a rock-wallaby population from 'Lawn Hill', northwest Queensland, as Petrogale lateralis purpureicollis ; a significant range extension. Australian Mammalogy 16: 59-60

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnston, P.G. & Close, R.L. 1992. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) VI. Determination of the plesiomorphic karyotype: G-banding comparison of Thylogale with Petrogale persephone, P. xanthopus and P. l. lateralis. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61: 29-33

Eldridge, M.D.B., King, J.M., Loupis, A.K. , Spencer, P.B.S., Taylor, A.C., Pope, L.C. & Hall, G.P. 1999. Unprecedented low levels of genetic variability and inbreeding depression in an island population of the black-footed rock-wallaby. Conservation Biology 13: 531-541

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Bell, J.N. 1992. Identification of rock wallabies in the Warburton region of Western Australia as Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race. Australian Mammalogy 15: 115-119

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Black-footed Rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis. pp. 377-381 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Jones, M., Taggart, D.A. & Temple-Smith, P.D. 2004. Age determination and growth in wild Petrogale lateralis pearsoni and captive Petrogale 'MacDonnell ranges race'. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 447-461

Kinnear, J.E., Onus, M.L. & Sumner, N.R. 1998. Fox control and rock-wallaby population dynamics - II. An update. Australian Wildlife Research 25: 81-88

Lundie-Jenkins, G. & Findlay, E. 1997. Distribution and status of rock-wallabies in the Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 19: 175-182

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Pearson, D. 1992. Distribution and abundance of the black-footed rock-wallaby in the Warburton region of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 19: 605-622

Pearson, D.J. 1992. Past and present distribution and abundance of the black-footed rock-wallaby in the Warburton region of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 19: 605-622

Pearson, D.J. & Kinnear, J.E. 1997. A review of the distribution, status and conservation of rock-wallabies in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 137-152

Pearson, D.J. & the Ngaanyatjarra Council. 1997. Aboriginal involvement in the survey and management of rock-wallabies. Australian Mammalogy 19: 249-256

Sinclair, A.R.E., Pech, R.P., Dickman, C.R., Hik, D., Mahon, P. & Newsome, A.E. 1998. Predicting effects of predation on conservation of endangered prey. Conservation Biology 12: 564-575

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Black-footed Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale lateralis centralis Eldridge, M.D.B. & Potter, S. 2019. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis). Australian Journal of Zoology 67: 19-26 [Included in Vol. 67 (2019) but first published online 24 Jan 2020].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71C3B7CE-CE3D-4A78-83A6-5EB50FBBA810

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM15325 adult male, puppet skin and skull (Collected 13 July 1977), Paddy’s Hole Dam, Arltunga, East MacDonnell Ranges, Northern Territory [23.50°S, 134.70°E].
  Paratype(s) CM15314 adult female, puppet skin and skull, same data as Holotype; AM M29508 male, body in spirit (skull in situ) (Collected 24 April 1989), eastern side of Heavitree Gap, Alice Springs, Northern Territory [23.74°S, 133.87°E]
  Comment: Frozen tissues for all types held at Australian Museum.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Historically found throughout central Australia including the southern NT, eastern central WA and northern SA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

General References

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Pearson, D.J. 2008. Black-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis. pp. 376-380 in van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.

Ward, M.J., Urban, R., Read, J.L., Dent, A., Partridge, T., Clarke, A. & Van Weenen, J. 2011. Status of warru (Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. 1. Distribution and decline. Australian Mammalogy 33: 135-141

Common Name References

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Potter, S. 2019. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis). Australian Journal of Zoology 67: 19-26 [Included in Vol. 67 (2019) but first published online 24 Jan 2020] [22] (Warru, Central Australian Rock-wallaby)

Ward, M.J., Urban, R., Read, J.L., Dent, A., Partridge, T., Clarke, A. & Van Weenen, J. 2011. Status of warru (Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. 1. Distribution and decline. Australian Mammalogy 33: 135-141 (Warru)

History of changes

• Petrogale lateralis hacketti Thomas, O. 1905. On some Australasian mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 422-428 [425].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 05.4.1.5 ♂ adult skin & skull, Mondrain Is., Recherche Group, SW Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mondrain Is., Recherche Archipelago.

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Petrogale lateralis kimberleyensis Eldridge, M.D.B. & Potter, S. 2019. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis). Australian Journal of Zoology 67: 19-26 [Included in Vol. 67 (2019) but first published online 24 Jan 2020].
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71C3B7CE-CE3D-4A78-83A6-5EB50FBBA810

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM15376 adult male, flat skin and skull (Collected 13 October 1977), Logues Spring, Edgar Ranges, Dampier Downs Station, Western Australia [18.42°S, 123.08°E].
  Paratype(s) ANWC CM15586 immature female, flat skin, same data as Holotype; WAM M15135 adult female, flat skin (Collected 24 April 1976), Logues Spring, Edgar Ranges, Dampier Downs Station, Western Australia [18.42°S, 123.09°E]
  Comment: Frozen tissues for ANWC types held by Australian Museum.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from scattered and small populations in the SW Kimberley, WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Dampierland (DL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

General References

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Pearson, D.J. 2008. Black-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale lateralis. pp. 376-380 in van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.

Ward, M.J., Urban, R., Read, J.L., Dent, A., Partridge, T., Clarke, A. & Van Weenen, J. 2011. Status of warru (Petrogale lateralis MacDonnell Ranges race) in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands of South Australia. 1. Distribution and decline. Australian Mammalogy 33: 135-141

Common Name References

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Potter, S. 2019. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis). Australian Journal of Zoology 67: 19-26 [Included in Vol. 67 (2019) but first published online 24 Jan 2020] [23] (Wiliji, West Kimberley Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale lateralis Gould, J. 1842. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. London : J. Gould Part 2. [pl. 24] [not Petrogale lateralis Gray, 1841, a nom. nud., see Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 46.4.4.25 ♂ adult skin & skull (both skin & skull also numbered '42.5.26.3'), Swan River, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

"Formerly widespread throughout much of south-western WA, but now known only from Cape Range, Barrow and Salisbury Islands, Calvert Ranges in the Little Sandy Desert and the wheatbelt near Kellerberrin" (van Dyck & Strahan 2008: 379).

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Petrogale pearsoni Thomas, O. 1922. A new rock wallaby (Petrogale) from the islands off South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 9: 681-683 [682].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 22.4.15.1 ♂ immature skin & skull, Pearson Is., Investigator Group, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Investigator Group.

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

History of changes

• Petrogale mareeba Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625 [619].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM1506 ♂ adult skin & skull, locality unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Gregarious, territorial.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Mareeba Rock-wallaby Petrogale mareeba. pp. 382-383 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Hodgson, A.J., Marsh, H. & Cockeron, P.J. 2004. Provisioning by tourists affects the behaviour but not the body condition of Mareeba rock-wallabies (Petrogale mareeba). Wildlife Research 31: 451-456

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Mareeba Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Kangurus pencillatus Gray, J.E. 1827. Synopsis of the species of the class Mammalia. pp. 185-206 in Griffith, E., Smith, C.H. & Pidgeon, E. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier, member of the Institute of France etc. with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. London : G.B. Whittaker & Co. Vol. 5 pp. 391. [204].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (based on a drawing by Lewin), Australia (as New Holland).

  Secondary source:

   Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].
• Heteropus albogularis Jourdan, [?] 1837. Mémoire sur quelques mammifères nouveaux. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 5: 521-524 [Oct. 1837; publication date established from Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888]] [522].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 87 ♀ adult mounted skin & skull (see Beaufort, F. de 1966. Catalogue des types des mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. VI Monotremata. VII Marsupialia. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 38(5): 509–553), mountains SE of Sydney, NSW.
• Petrogale longicauda Krefft, G. 1865. Description of a new species of rock-kangaroo from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 324-325 [324].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM 1068 mounted skin & skull, Rylstone, 250 miles NW of Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [66]
• Briscoe, D.A., Calaby, J.H., Close, R.L., Maynes, G.M., Murtagh, C.E. & Sharman, G.B. 1982. Isolation, introgression and genetic variation in rock-wallabies. pp. 73-87 in Groves, R.H. & Ride, W.D.L (eds). Species at Risk: Research in Australia. Proceedings of a symposium on the biology of rare and endangered species in Australia, sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science and held in Canberra, 25 and 26 November 1981. Canberra : Australian Academy of Science. [74]

Generic Combinations

• Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore, low open forest, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, subtropical, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Bulinski, J., Goldney, D. & Bauer, J. 1997. The habitat utilisation and social behaviour of captive rock-wallabies: implications for management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 191-198

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Close, R.L., Eldridge, M.D.B., Bell, J.N. & Reside, J. 1994. A genetic study of the brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata in East Gippsland and relevance for management of the species in Victoria. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 367-371

Close, R.L., Ingleby, S., Oorschot, R.A.H. van, Gooley, A.A., Briscoe, D.A. & Sharman, G.B. 1988. Identification of rock-wallabies, Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825), from the Grampians, Victoria, and comparison with conspecifics by examination of chromosomes, blood proteins, cell surface antigens, parasites and morphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 99-110

Dovey, L., Wong, V. & Bayne, P. 1997. An overview of the status and management of rock-wallabies (Petrogale) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 19: 163-168

Dunn, R. 1984. Brush-tailed rock-wallabies in the Grampians. Victorian Naturalist 101: 123-126

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Bell, J.N. & Wong, V. 1997. Confirmation of the continued existence of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata, in the Warrumbungles, western NSW. Australian Mammalogy 20: 111-114

Eldridge, M.D.B., Close, R.L. & Johnston, P.G. 1990. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). III. G-banding analysis of Petrogale inornata and P. penicillata. Genome 33: 798-802

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata. pp. 383-385 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Hazliitt, S.L., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Goldizen, A.W. 2004. Strong female philopatry within a brush-tailed rock-wallaby colony in southeast Queensland determined by fine-scale spatial genetic correlation analyses. Molecular Ecology 13: 3621-3632

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Jarman, P.J. & Bayne, P. 1997. Behavioural ecology of P. penicillata in relation to conservation. Australian Mammalogy 19: 219-228

Lazell, J.D., Sutterfield, T.W. & Giezentanner, W.D. 1984. The population of rock wallabies (genus Petrogale) on Oahu, Hawaii. Biological Conservation 30: 99-108

Lunney, D., Law, B. & Rummery, C. 1997. An ecological interpretation of the historical decline of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby P. penicillata in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 19: 281-296

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Shelley, D.A. 1993. 1990-91 survey of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata in the Warrumbungle National Park Coonabarabran, New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 29: 79-84

Short, J. 1982. Habitat requirements of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 239-246

Short, J. 1989. The diet of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 11-18

Short, J. & Milkovits, G. 1990. Distribution and status of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby in south-eastern Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 169-179

Warburton, B. & Sadlier, R.M.F. 1990. Brushtailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata penicillata Griffith, 1827. pp. 58-64 in King, C.M. (ed.). The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Auckland : Oxford University Press.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale persephone Maynes, G.M. 1982. A new species of rock wallaby, Petrogale persephone (Marsupialia, Macropodidae), from Proserpine, central Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 5: 47-58 [47].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM2548 ♂ skin & skull, base of Mt Dryander, 9.6 km N of Proserpine, QLD [20°19´41'S, 148°33´21'E].
  Paratype(s) ANWC CM15216 ♂ skin & skull; CM 15217 ♀ skin & skull; CM 15237 ♂ pouch young skin & skull; CM 15219 ♀ skin & skull; CM 15243 ♀ skin & skull.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, folivore, gregarious, terrestrial.

General References

Begg, M., Beveridge, I., Chilton, N.B., Johnson, P.M. & O'Callaghan, M.G. 1995. Parasites of the Proserpine rock wallaby, Petrogale persephone (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 18: 45-53

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnston, P.G. & Close, R.L. 1992. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) VI. Determination of the plesiomorphic karyotype: G-banding comparison of Thylogale with Petrogale persephone, P. xanthopus and P. l. lateralis. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61: 29-33

Holloway, C.T. 2001. Habitat preferences of the Proserpine rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone. Unpublished Honours thesis. Townsville : James Cook University.

Johnson, P.M. 2003. Kangaroos of Queensland. Brisbane : Queensland Museum.

Johnson, P.M., Nolan, B.J. & Schaper, D.N. 2003. Introduction of the Proserpine rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone from mainland Queensland to nearby Hayman Island. Australian Mammalogy 25: 61-71

Johnson, P.M. & Delean, J.S.C. 1999. Reproduction in the Proserpine rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone Maynes (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. Wildlife Research 26: 631-639

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Nolan, B.J. 1997. An update of the Proserpine rock-wallaby P. persephone Recovery Plan. Australian Mammalogy 19: 309-314

Sharman, G.B., Maynes, G.M., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Proserpine Rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone. pp. 386-387 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Winkel, P. 1997. The Ecology and Management of the Proserpine Rock-wallaby Petrogale persephone. Brisbane. Report to the Queensland Department of Environmet and Heritage. pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Proserpine Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef, A.S. 1924. Notes on some rock wallabies, genus Petrogale, with descriptions of two new species. The Australian Zoologist 3: 272-276 [274].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M2405 ♂ adult skin & skull, Dajarra, NW QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

General References

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. 2003. A purple puzzle. Nature Australia 27(7): 37-43

Johnson, P.M. 2003. Kangaroos of Queensland. Brisbane : Queensland Museum.

Johnson, P.M. & Delean, S. 2002. Reproduction of the purple-necked rock-wallaby Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. Wildlife Research 29: 463-468

History of changes

• Petrogale rothschildi Thomas, O. 1904. On a new rock-wallaby from north-west Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 365-366 [366].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 51.624 ♀ skin, Cossack, NW Australia (not Cossack River).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, folivore, gregarious, hummock grassland, montane, open scrub, open shrub, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Shelters in crevices and caves adjacent to feeding areas.

General References

Bradshaw, S.D., Morris, K.D. & Bradshaw, F.J. 2001. Water and electrolyte homeostasis and kidney function of desert-dwelling marsupial wallabies in Western Australia. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 23-32

Campeau-Péloquin, A., Kirsch, J.A.W., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Lapointe, F-J. 2001. Phylogeny of the rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) based on DNA/DNA hybridisation. Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 463-486

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Kinear, J.E., Sumner, N.R. & Onus, M.L. 2002. The red fox in Australia – an exotic predator turned biocontrol agent. Biological Conservation 108: 335-359

Pearson, D.J. & Kinnear, J.E. 1997. A review of the distribution, status and conservation of rock-wallabies in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 137-152

Sharman, G.B., Maynes, G.M., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Rothschild's Rock-wallaby Petrogale rothschildi. pp. 388-389 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Rothschild's Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale sharmani Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625 [618].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM15202 ♂adult skin & skull, Mt Claro QLD [18°52'05'S, 145°44'05'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, territorial.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1992. Taxonomy of rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). I. A revision of the eastern Petrogale with the description of three new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 603-625

Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Sharman's Rock-wallaby Petrogale sharmani. pp. 390-391 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Sharman's Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale wilkinsi Thomas, O. 1926. Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G.W. Wilkins in Northern Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 184-186 [Date published Jan. 1926: publication date established from Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122] [185].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 25.12.31 ♂ adult skin & skull, Roper River Mission Station, NT (on skin label).
• Petrogale longmani Thomas, O. 1926. Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G.W. Wilkins in Northern Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 184-186 [Date published Jan. 1926: publication date established from Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122] [186].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 25.12.3.2 ♂ adult skin & skull, Groote Eylandt, Gulf of Carpentaria, NT.
• Petrogale venustula Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [628].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 26.3.11.8 ♀ adult skin & skull, King River, NT (not King River =upper Daly River, NT).

  Type locality references:

  Taylor, J.M. & Horner, B.E. 1973. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 98. Systematics of native Australian Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150: 1-130 (see under Rattus sordidus colletti p. 85).
• Petrogale brachyotis signata Thomas, O. 1926. On various animals obtained during Capt. Wilkin's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17: 625-635 [June 1926] [629].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 97.4.12.1 ♀ adult skin & skull, Mary River, NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Potter, S., Close, R.L., Taggart, D.A., Cooper, S.J.B. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 401-414 [411] (P. longmani, P. wilkinsi, P. venustula and P. brachyotis signata removed from synonymy of P. brachyotis; P. wilkinsi reinstated as valid species)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Pine Creek (PCK)

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Crepuscular, folivore, gregarious, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial.

General References

Clancy, T.F. & Close, R.L. 1997. Queensland rock-wallabies - An overview of their conservation status, threats and management. Australian Mammalogy 19: 169-174

Copley, P.B. & Alexander, P.J. 1997. Overview of the status of rock-wallabies in South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 153-162

Copley, P.B. & Robertson, A.C. 1983. Studies on the yellow-footed rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus Gray (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. Diet. Australian Wildlife Research 10: 63-76

Copley, P.B. & Robinson, A.C. 1983. Studies on the yellow-footed rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus Gray (Marsupialia Macropodidae) II. Diet. Australian Wildlife Research 10: 63-76

Dawson, T.J. & Ellis, B.A. 1973. Comparison of the diets of Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies and sympatric herbivores in western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 6: 245-254

Dawson, T.J. & Ellis, B.A. 1994. Did dietary competition play a role in the extinction of small macropodids in western New South Wales with the coming of European settlement. pp. 75-80 in Lunney, D., Hand, S., Reed, P. & Butcher, D. (eds). Future of the fauna of western New South Wales. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of NSW 245 pp.

Dovey, L., Wong, V. & Bayne, P. 1997. An overview of the status and management of rock-wallabies (Petrogale) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 19: 163-168

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA from the yellow footed rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus: implications for management. Wildlife Research 24: 289-294

Eldridge, M.D.B. 1997. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. An historical review. Australian Mammalogy 19: 113-122

Eldridge, M.D.B., Johnston, P.G. & Close, R.L. 1992. Chromosomal rearrangements in rock wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) VI. Determination of the plesiomorphic karyotype: G-banding comparison of Thylogale with Petrogale persephone, P. xanthopus and P. l. lateralis. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61: 29-33

Gordon, G., McRae, P., Lim, L., Reimer, D. & Porter, G. 1993. The conservation status of the yellow-footed rock-wallaby in Queensland. Oryx 27: 159-168

Hornsby, P. 1997. Possible causes of mortality in the yellow-footed rock-wallaby, P. xanthopus. Australian Mammalogy 19: 245-248

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Lapidge, S.J. 2000. Dietary adaptation of reintroduced yellow-footed rock-wallabies, Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 195-201

Lim, L. 1987. The conservation and management of the yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus Gray, 1854. Department of Environment and Planning, South Australia, Special Publication No. 4. 1-94 pp.

Lim, L., Sheppard, N., Smith, P. & Smith, J. 1992. The biology and management of the yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) in NSW. Hurstville : NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 59 pp.

Lim, T.L. & Giles, J.R. 1987. Studies on the yellow footed rock wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus Gray (Macropus: Macropodidae) III. Distribution and management in Western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 147-161

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Poole, W.E., Merchant, J.C., Carpenter, S.M. & Calaby, J.H. 1985. Reproduction, growth and age determination in the yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus Gray, in captivity. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 127-136

Pope, L.C., Sharp, A. & Moritz, C. 1996. Population structure of yellow footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus (Gray, 1854) inferred from mtDNA sequences and microsatellite loci. Molecular Ecology 5: 629-640

Robinson, A.C., Lim, L., Canty, P.D., Jenkins, R.B. & MacDonald, C.A. 1994. Studies of the yellow-footed rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus Gray (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Population studies at Middle Gorge, South Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 473-481

Sharman, G.B., Maynes, G.M., Eldridge, M.D.B. & Close, R.L. 1995. Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus. pp. 391-393 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Sharp, A. 1997. Insights into the dispersal patterns of yellow-footed rock-wallabies, P. xanthopus. Australian Mammalogy 19: 229-238

Sharp, A. 1997. The use of shelter sites by yellow-footed rock-wallabies, P. xanthopus, in central-western Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 19: 239-244

Wilson, G.R., Gerritsen, J. & Milthorpe, P.L. 1976. The yellow-footed rock-wallaby Petrogale xanthopus (Macropodidae), in western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 3: 73-78

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby)

History of changes

• Petrogale celeris Le Souef, A.S. 1924. Notes on some rock wallabies, genus Petrogale, with descriptions of two new species. The Australian Zoologist 3: 272-276 [273].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM M3219 ♀ adult skin & skull, Adavale, Bulloo River, SW QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Channel Country (CHC), Mulga Lands (ML)

Ecological Descriptors

Crepuscular, folivore, gregarious, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Petrogale xanthopus Gray, J.E. 1855. Description of a new species of Petrogale. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854: 249 pl. 314 [Apr. 1855; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [249].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 55.1.12.1 ♂ adult skin & skull, Flinders Range, SA (on skin label).
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 55.1.12.2 ♀.
• Phalangista xanthopygus Giebel, C.G. 1874. Säugethiere : Mammalia. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs 6(V. Abtheilung) (Bd 1 Lfg. 1–5): 1-80 [47 pl. 20].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [44]

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Crepuscular, folivore, gregarious, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial.

History of changes