Petrogale assimilis

E. P. Ramsay, 1877

Allied Rock Wallaby

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1877-03. Description of a supposed new species of rock wallaby from the Palm Islands, on the north-east coast of Australia, proposed to be called _Petrogale assimilis_. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4):359-361.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3339929

Original name as described

Petrogale assimilis

Type material

MMUS M.422

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Palm Island, on the North-east coast, near Cleveland Bay," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

the genus Petrogale was recently divided into four subgenera (Petrogale, Peradorcas, and the recently described Quasipetrogale and Ferepetrogale); however, this arrangement and the recently described subgenera was put forth R. T. Hoser, who's names are currently under scrutiny and should be tested by further studies before usecommunittee and may be invalid

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoser, R. T. (2020). The ability to conserve a threatened species begins when they are named! New species of Rock Wallaby (Marsupialia: Macropodidae: Petrogale) from northern Australia. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 42, 42-49.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000293

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.

Petrogale puella

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

puella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.8.1.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/945c7f7c-660d-4762-9d3a-7904dc8a8fce

Authority page

627

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Petrogale assimilis

E. P. Ramsay, 1877

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

assimilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MMUS M.422

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3339929

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40569/21954955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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