Petrogale longicauda Krefft, 1865a

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 338-339

Petrogale longicauda Krefft, 1865a

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 324. (13 June 1865).

Common name. Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby.

Current name. Petrogale penicillata (J. Gray, 1827) following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Holotype. PA.1068 by subsequent determination. Male, skin mount, collected by George Masters. Registered in c. 1879, collection date not recorded in register, but the AM annual report ( Krefft, 1865b) lists one specimen of “ Petrogale longicauda (new)” in a list of specimens collected by Masters during 1864.

Condition. Skin mount in reasonable condition, part of ear tips are torn and missing; missing claw and pad of right pes digit 4; tail fractured near base; scrotal sac present.

Type locality. “Dabee Rylstone NSW” = Rylstone [32°48'S 149°58'E], NSW. [Dabee is a homestead name].

Comments. Krefft states that a single specimen was obtained, with a smashed skull but the skull fragments have not been located in the collection.