Northern Nail-tail Wallaby[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Onychogalea |
Species: | O. unguifera |
Binomial name | |
Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841) |
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The distribution of the Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Data from The Atlas of Living Australia |
The Northern Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea unguifera), also known as the Sandy Nail-tail Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Unlike the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (O. fraenata), the Northern Nail-tail Wallaby is not a threatened species.[2] The only other member of the genus, the Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby (O. lunata), is extinct.
The Northern Nail-tail Wallaby by far the largest species in the genus Onychogalea. It is a solitary, nocturnal browser feeding on a variety of foliage. It is a sandy colour, which gave rise to its other common name.[3]
Two subspecies have been defined, but their validity is disputed.