Life Mammalia Marsupialia Macropodidae

800x531 (~211Kb) Frankfurt Zoo, Germany, August 1999, Photo © Ralf Schmode

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Petrogale brachyotis Gould, 1841 NW.Australia (coast), N.Northern Territory. See [maps]

  • Petrogale brachyotis Gould, 1841; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840: 128; TL: W.Australia, Hanover Bay
• Petrogale burbidgei Kitchener & Sanson, 1978 W.Australia (Kimberly), Bonaparte Archpelago. See [maps]

  • Petrogale burbidgei Kitchener & Sanson, 1978; Rec. W. Aust. Mus., 6: 269-285; TL: W.Australia, Mitchell Plateau, Crystal Creek (14°30'S 125°47'20''E)
• Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 N.Queensland, Cape York Peninsula. See [maps]

  • Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923; Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 235: 13; TL: Queensland, Cooktown (Black Mt.)
• Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1827) Australia. See [maps]

  • penicillata (Gray, 1827); in Cuvier, Anim Kingdom, Mamm. 3: pl.; TL: New South Wales, Sydney
  • inornata
• Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef, 1924 NE.Queensland. See [maps]

  • Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef, 1924; Aust. Zool. 3: 274; TL: Queensland, Dajarra
• Petrogale rothschildi Thomas, 1904 C.Australia - W.Australia. See [maps]

  • Petrogale rothschildi Thomas, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11: 366; TL: W.Australia, Cossack River
• Petrogale xanthopus Gray, 1855 SW.Queensland, S.Australia, NW.New South Wales, Victoria. See [maps]

  • Petrogale xanthopus Gray, 1855; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1854: 259

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