Species Petrogale mareeba Eldridge & Close, 1992

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)

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