Herbert's Rock-wallaby
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| Petrogale herberti Thomas, 1926 |
Herbert's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) is a member of a group of seven very closely-related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Herbert's is the most southerly and most widespread of the group.
Herbert's Rock-wallaby is distributed from around 100km northwest of Brisbane north to the Fitzroy River. It ranges inland to around Clermont and Rubyvale. It is the largest of the related group of Queensland rock-wallabies.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 67. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Petrogale herberti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press, 130.
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