Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)

Mark D. B. Eldridge; Sally Potter

doi:10.1071/ZO19063

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24 January 2020 Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)

Mark D. B. Eldridge, Sally Potter

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Australian J. of Zoology, 67(1):19-26 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO19063

Abstract

The black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) is the most widespread member of the endemic Australian macropodid genus Petrogale. Considerable morphological and genetic diversity within this species has long been recognised and P. lateralis is currently divided into three described subspecies (P. lateralis lateralis, P. l. pearsoni, P. l. hacketti) and two undescribed forms (MacDonnell Ranges race, West Kimberley race). Chromosomal, morphological, genic and genomic studies have demonstrated that these five taxa are closely related but distinguishable. Here, we formally name the MacDonnell Ranges race and the West Kimberley race as subspecies of P. lateralis.

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Mark D. B. Eldridge and Sally Potter "Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)," Australian Journal of Zoology 67(1), 19-26, (24 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO19063

Received: 9 October 2019; Accepted: 11 December 2019; Published: 24 January 2020

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