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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
--> GENUS Petrogale
SPECIES Petrogale lateralis
| Author: | Gould, 1842. | | Citation: | Monogr. Macropodidae, pt. 2: pl. 24. | | Common Name: | Black-flanked Rock-wallaby | | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, Swan River. | | Distribution: | Australia: Western Australia (Barrow Isl, Northwest Cape, West Kimberley, Recherche Arch.), South Australia (Pearson Isl, Mann, Musgrave, Everard and Davenport Ranges), Northern Territory (Uluru and Macdonnell Ranges), W Queensland (Dajarra and Selwyn Range). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as P. l. hacketti, P. l. lateralis, and P. l. pearsoni. Common. | | Comments: | P. lateralis/penicillata species-group. McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this name is in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840]. Eldridge and Close (1995) noted the existence of two undescribed races from Central Australia and West Kimberley. |
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