Herbert's rock-wallaby

Herbert's rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Herbert's is the most southerly and most widespread of the group.

Herbert's rock-wallaby[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Petrogale
Species:	P. herberti
Binomial name
Petrogale herberti Thomas, 1926
Herbert's rock-wallaby range

Herbert's rock-wallaby is distributed from around 100 km northwest of Brisbane north to the Fitzroy River. It ranges inland to around Clermont and Rubyvale. It is the largest of the related group of Queensland rock-wallabies.^[3]

The species was named in honour of the mineralogist Herbert Smith.^[4]

References

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. 67. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Burnett, S.; Martin, R. (2016). "Petrogale herberti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41515A21954688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41515A21954688.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 130.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9.