- Mareeba Rock-wallaby
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Mareeba Rock-wallaby[1] 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Macropodidae Genus: Petrogale Species: P. mareeba Binomial name Petrogale mareeba
Eldridge & Close, 1992
Mareeba Rock Wallaby range The Mareeba Rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related species which also include the Cape York Rock-wallaby (P. coenensis), the Unadorned Rock-wallaby (P. inornata) and the Allied Rock-wallaby (P. assimilis).
The Mareeba Rock-wallaby is found in the highlands west of Cairns from around Mount Garnet to the Mitchell River and Mount Carbine, and inland to Mungana.[3]
References
- ^ Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 68. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Winter, J., Burnett, S. & Martin, R. (2008). Petrogale mareeba. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. pp. 130.
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