Onychogalea unguifera
(J. Gould, 1840)
Northern 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=PA685Original name as described
Macropus unguifer
Other common names
Left-hander · Organ-grinder · Right-hander · Sandy Nailtail Wallaby · Woop Woop · Wut Wut
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1841.1108
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13d73a5c-ee38-488f-ace3-18130a39d995Type locality
"North-west coast of Australia."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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