Nail-tail wallaby
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| 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]
[edit] Species
There are three species:[2]
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- † Crescent nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea lunata
- Northern nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera
[edit] 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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