Species Petrogale rothschildi Thomas, 1904

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• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)

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