Petrogale longicauda Krefft, 1865a
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https://doi.org/ 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7552498 |
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Petrogale longicauda Krefft, 1865a |
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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.
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