Petrogale herberti

O. Thomas, 1926

Herbert's 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

Thomas, O. 1926-06-01. On various mammals obtained during Capt. Wilkins's expedition in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(102):625-635.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633458

Original name as described

Petrogale herberti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1922.12.29.9

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Eidsvold, Burnett River, south-east 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 use

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

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