Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842

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 : 68

Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842

Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842 , Monogr. Macropodidae , pt. 2: pl. 24.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Swan River.

Vernacular Names: Black-flanked Rock-wallaby.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Petrogale lateralis subsp. lateralis Gould 1842

Subspecies Petrogale lateralis subsp. hacketti Thomas 1905

Subspecies Petrogale lateralis subsp. pearsoni Thomas 1922

Distribution: Australia: Western Australia (Barrow Isl, Northwest Cape, West Kimberley, Recherche Arch.), South Australia (Pearson Isl, Mann, Musgrave, Everard and Davenport Ranges), Northern Territory (Uluru and Macdonnell Ranges), W Queensland (Dajarra and Selwyn Range).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as P. l. hacketti, P. l. lateralis , and P. l. pearsoni. Common.

Discussion: P. lateralis / penicillata species-group. McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this name is in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840]. Eldridge and Close (1995) noted the existence of two undescribed races from Central Australia and West Kimberley.