Onychogalea lunata

(J. Gould, 1840)

Crescent 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

Extinct
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 lunatus

Other common names

Crescent Nailtail Wallaby

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1131

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f69cd4b-02a7-45ca-bddc-f300679b5b93 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fc8d549-c57d-42ec-9cfd-42577f5d3318

Type locality

W coast of Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000287

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 lunatus

(J. Gould, 1840)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

lunata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1131

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f69cd4b-02a7-45ca-bddc-f300679b5b93 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fc8d549-c57d-42ec-9cfd-42577f5d3318

Authority page

685

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

The Athenaeum

Name usages

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

Onychogalea lunata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

lunata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15331/21957917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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