- Allied Rock-wallaby
Taxobox
name = Allied Rock-wallabyMSW3 Groves|pages=66-67]
image_caption = Allied Rock Wallaby onMagnetic Island ,Queensland
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40569|title=Petrogale assimilis|downloaded=2007-01-28 ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
subclassis =Marsupial ia
ordo =Diprotodontia
familia =Macropodidae
genus = "Petrogale "
species = "P. assimilis"
binomial = "Petrogale assimilis"
binomial_authority =Ramsay , 1877The Allied Rock-wallaby ("Petrogale assimilis") is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern
Queensland ,Australia . It is very similar to six other species of rock-wallaby found in this area, including theCape York Rock-wallaby ("P. coenensis"), theUnadorned Rock-wallaby ("P. inornata"), andHerbert's Rock-wallaby ("P. herberti").cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=130]The Allied Rock-wallaby is found in the hinterland of Townsville, and also on Magnetic and Palm Islands. There are few distinguishing features from its close relatives in the field.
References
External links
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Petrogale_assimilis.html Petrogale assimilis on Animal Diversity Web]
* [http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9920355.htm CSIRO Hematology of Wild Allied Rock-wallabies in North Queensland]
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