Cape York Rock-wallaby

Taxobox
name = Cape York Rock-wallabyMSW3 Groves|pages=67]


status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=16752|title=Petrogale coenensis|downloaded=2007-01-28 ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Petrogale"
species = "P. coenensis"
binomial = "Petrogale coenensis"
binomial_authority = Eldridge & Close, 1992

The Cape York Rock-wallaby ("Petrogale coenensis") is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely-related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland, also including the Mt Claro Rock-wallaby ("P. sharmani"), the Mareeba Rock-wallaby ("P. mareeba") and Godman's Rock-wallaby ("P. godmani").

The Cape York Rock-wallaby is found only in central Cape York, from the Musgrave to the Pascoe River. It is also the only member of the group of seven species to be completely separated geographically from its relatives; it is separated from Godman's Rock-wallaby by the Hann River Catchment (around 70km).cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=130]

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