Petrogale wilkinsi
O. Thomas, 1926
Wilkins'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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1926-01-01. Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G. W. Wilkins in northern Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(97):184-187.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633389Original name as described
Petrogale wilkinsi
Other common names
Eastern Short-eared Rock Wallaby
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.3.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01f0737a-056f-400d-9959-5872679eb97fType locality
Roper River, south-eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
split from P. brachyotis; 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 by R. T. Hoser, wwho's names are currently under scrutiny and should be tested by further studies before use; R. T. Hoser also named a species that is here included under P. wilkinsi as a synonym (martinekae)
Taxonomy notes citation
Potter, S., Close, R.L., Taggart, D.A., Cooper, S.J.B., Eldridge, M.D.B. 2014. Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia: macropodidae), IV. Multifaceted study of the brachyotis group identifies additional taxa. Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 401-414. · 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
Not Evaluated
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