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GENUS Petrogale
Author: | Gray, 1837. | Citation: | Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 583. | Type Species: | Kangurus penicillatus Gray, 1827. | Comments: | Revision of this genus is needed; see Poole (1979) and Briscoe et al. (1982). Kitchener and Sanson (1978) considered this genus as probably congeneric with Peradorcas, though McKenna and Bell (1997) continued to recognize Peradorcas as a genus. Species-groups (Briscoe et al., 1982; Eldredge and Close, 1997) are: P. brachyotis group (brachyotis, burbidgei and concinna), P. xanthopus group (xanthopus, rothschildi and persephone), and P. lateralis/penicillata group, containing the remainder. |
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