Onychogalea frenata

(J. Gould, 1840)

Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gould, J. 1840-08-29. Mr. Gould, who had just returned from Australia, after an absence of two years and a half spent in the investigation of the habits and economy of the animals of that continent, brought before the notice ofthe meeting six new species of kangaroo. The Athenaeum 670:685.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=JyFb6r97uq8C&pg=PA685

Original name as described

Macropus frenatus

Other common names

Bridled Wallaby · Flashjack · Merrin · Waistcoat Wallaby

Type locality

"Interior of New South Wales," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

originally spelt frenata rather than fraenata by Gould, 1840, but was emmended to fraenata by Gould, 1841, for which most authors cite as the authority;

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO publishing.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000286

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 frænatus

(J. Gould, 1841)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

fraenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1130

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/05cac01c-61c1-434a-9b2c-9c8c26f3b9db https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8da98698-18fe-491c-96ff-cd39df548544

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571527

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Blyth (1863:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Macropus frœnatus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

froenatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Onychogalea fraenata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

fraenata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

18

Authority publication

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. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15330/21958130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Onychogalea frenata

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

frenata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000286

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Macropus frenatus

(J. Gould, 1840)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

frenata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

685

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=JyFb6r97uq8C&pg=PA685

Authority publication

The Athenaeum

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