Nail-tail wallabies | |
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Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
Genus: | Onychogalea Gray, 1841 |
Type species | |
Macropus unguifer Gould, 1841 |
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Species | |
The nail-tail wallabies (genus Onychogalea) are three species of macropod found in Australia. They are distinguished by a horny spur at the end of their tail, and are now generally very rare. Only one species (the Northern Nail-tail Wallaby) has survived European settlement unscathed: the Crescent Nail-tail is extinct, and the Bridled Nail-tail is seriously endangered. Nail-tail wallabies are smaller than many other wallabies.[1]
There are three species:[2]