Petrogale lateralis
(J. Gould, 1840)
Black-footed 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
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 lateralis
Other common names
Black-flanked Rock Wallaby · Side-striped Rock Wallaby · Hackett's Rock Wallaby · Recherche Rock Wallaby · Pearson Island Rock Wallaby · Warru · West Australian Rock Wallaby · West Kimberley Rock-wallaby
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1842.5.26.3
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/56f3e068-29a7-4fc3-93c8-b35f3e215f39 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f42ac2b4-d661-43cc-ad9a-ea400949b1d8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f693d3ea-7290-4daa-9dca-401f66233166Type locality
"Swan River," south-west Western Australia, 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. · Eldridge, M. D., & Potter, S. (2020). Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis). Australian Journal of Zoology, 67(1), 19-26.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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