Osphranter bernardus

(W. Rothschild, 1903)

Black Wallaroo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild. 1903. Note on _Dendrodorcopsis woodwardi_. Novitates Zoologicae 10(4):543.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771655

Original name as described

Macropus bernardus

Other common names

Bernard's Kangaroo · Bernard's Wallaroo · Black Kangaroo · Northern Black Wallaroo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2760 (= Tring 170-1046)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21ee749e-aadc-4870-b170-ebebb686865c

Type locality

"Head of South Alligator River," Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Macropus to Osphranter

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

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000290

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 bernardus

(W. Rothschild, 1903)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

bernardus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2760 (= Tring 170-1046)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21ee749e-aadc-4870-b170-ebebb686865c

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771655

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dendrodorcopsis woodwardi

(W. Rothschild, 1903)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

woodwardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2760 (= Tring 170-1046)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/21ee749e-aadc-4870-b170-ebebb686865c

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15771510

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

Osphranter bernardus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

bernardus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

727

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12620/21954187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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