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SPECIES Petrogale penicillata

Author:Gray, 1827.
Citation:In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, Mamm., 3: plate only.
Common Name:Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Type Locality:Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.
Distribution:SE Australia, from East Gippsland (Victoria) to 100 km NW of Bisbane (Queensland).
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable. Locally common but declining.
Comments:P. lateralis/penicillata species-group. Does not include herberti (Eldridge and Close, 1992).
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Synonyms:

    albogularis (Jourdan, 1837)
    longicauda Krefft, 1865

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