Petrogale rothschildi

O. Thomas, 1904

Rothschild'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. 1904. On a new rock-wallaby from north-west Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 11:365-366.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3859120

Original name as described

Petrogale rothschildi

Other common names

Roebourne Rock Wallaby

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1951.624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d18ae47-1027-49a2-8313-9a4f6956248d

Type locality

"Cossack River, N. of Western 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000306

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 rothschildi

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1951.624

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d18ae47-1027-49a2-8313-9a4f6956248d

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3859120

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41517/21955022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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