Proserpine rock-wallaby

Proserpine rock-wallaby
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Petrogale
Species:	P. persephone
Binomial name
	Petrogale persephone; Maynes, 1982
	Proserpine rock-wallaby range

The Proserpine rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone) is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to a small area in Conway National Park, Dryander National Park, Gloucester Island National Park, and around the town of Airlie Beach, all in Whitsunday Shire in Queensland, Australia. It is a threatened species, being classified by the IUCN as endangered.^[2]

The Proserpine rock-wallaby is mostly grey in colour and is a timid grass-eater that rarely ventures far from rock shelter.^[3] It is distinguished from the many other rock wallabies found in northeastern Queensland by its larger size and longer tail, tipped with white. It was unknown to science until 1977, when a single individual was captured after farmers at Proserpine had spoken of a strange form of rock wallaby in the area.^[4]

The Proserpine rock-wallaby is found only in a relatively intensively-settled area, but it is in competition with other more successful rock-wallaby species, which competition is probably responsible for its threatened status.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
^ ^a ^b Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2019). "Petrogale persephone". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16747A21955635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T16747A21955635.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 132.
^ Karl Shuker; Gerald Durrell (1993). Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 0-00-219943-2.
^ Maynes & Sharman, G.M. & G.B. (1981). Proserpine Rock-wallaby in The Complete Book of Australian Mammals Ronald Strahan) (ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 220. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[MSW-1] Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 68. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-2] Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2019). "Petrogale persephone". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16747A21955635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T16747A21955635.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[Menkhorst-3] Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 132.

[4] Karl Shuker; Gerald Durrell (1993). Lost Ark: New and Rediscovered Animals of the Twentieth Century. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 81. ISBN 0-00-219943-2.

[Strahan-5] Maynes & Sharman, G.M. & G.B. (1981). Proserpine Rock-wallaby in The Complete Book of Australian Mammals Ronald Strahan) (ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 220. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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