Onychogalea fraenata (Gould 1840)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 66

Onychogalea fraenata (Gould 1840)

[Macropus] fraenatus Gould 1840 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 92.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, interior.

Vernacular Names: Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby.

Distribution: Formerly in S Queensland, interior New South Wales; survives only near Taunton, Queensland ( Australia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this name was in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840], as [ Macropus ] frenatus.