Notamacropus parryi

(E. T. Bennett, 1835)

Whip-tailed Wallaby

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Macropodini
Genus : Notamacropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bennett, E.T. 1835-04-03. A specimen was exhibited of a Kangaroo, recently brought from New Holland, by Capt. Sir W. Edward Parry, R.N., and presented by him to the Society. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834(24):151-152.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568494

Original name as described

Macropus Parryi

Other common names

Blue Flier · Flier · Grey Flier · Pretty-faced Wallaby

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab9b980f-0921-4fcc-b02d-d5c1b3c9bc12

Type locality

Stroud, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Macropus to Notamacropus

Taxonomy notes citation

Celik, M., Cascini, M., Haouchar, D., Van Der Burg, C., Dodt, W., Evans, A. R., ... & Phillips, M. J. (2019). A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the Macropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 793-812.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000284

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macropus Parryi

(E. T. Bennett, 1835)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

parryi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab9b980f-0921-4fcc-b02d-d5c1b3c9bc12

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568494

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Macropus Parryii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

parryii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Notamacropus parryi

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

parryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

731

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40564/21953894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Halmatùrus Párryi Var. pállida

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

583

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268174

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

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