Petrogale_inornata

Unadorned rock-wallaby

Unadorned rock-wallaby

Species of marsupial

The unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata) is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer, hence its common name.

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The unadorned rock-wallaby is patchily distributed in coastal ranges from around Rockhampton to near Townsville. This range includes the small range of the Proserpine rock-wallaby (P. persephone), the only rock-wallaby in the region not closely related to its neighbours. Interbreeding threatens the latter species.

References

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    Groves, C. P. (2005). "Species Petrogale inornata". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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    Burnett, S.; Martin, R. (2016). "Petrogale inornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41516A21954751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41516A21954751.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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    Gould, John (1842). "Petrogale inornata, Gould., Unadorned Rock Wallaby". A monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. Vol. 2. London. Plate 25. doi:10.5962/p.312734.


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