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.