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