Species Petrogale inornata Gould, 1842

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Nov-2016		05-Nov-2010	MOVED
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)