- Nail-tail wallaby
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Nail-tail wallabies 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, 1841Type species Macropus unguifer
Gould, 1841Species 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]
Species
There are three species:[2]
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- † Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea lunata
- Northern Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera
References
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 124.
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 63. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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