Editing Short-eared rock-wallaby
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The nominate subspecies bases its description of a specimen collected at [[Hanover Bay]]. |
The nominate subspecies bases its description of a specimen collected at [[Hanover Bay]]. |
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There is a second subspecies, described by four specimens of a population that may be elevated to species rank after examination of more material. The holotype of ''Petrogale brachyotis victoriae'' was obtained in 1974 at Lobby Creek in the "Bradshaw" region of the Northern Territory. The population is only known from collections made near the Victoria River, inspiring the authors to propose that name as the taxon's epithet.<ref name="Potter2014">{{cite journal|last1=Potter|first1=Sally|last2=Close|first2=Robert L.|last3=Taggart|first3=David A.|last4=Cooper|first4=Steven J. B.|last5=Eldridge|first5=Mark D. B.|title=Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, ''Petrogale'' (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the ''brachyotis'' group identifies additional taxa|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|date=2014|volume=62|issue=#5|pages=401|doi=10.1071/ZO13095 |
There is a second subspecies, described by four specimens of a population that may be elevated to species rank after examination of more material. The holotype of ''Petrogale brachyotis victoriae'' was obtained in 1974 at Lobby Creek in the "Bradshaw" region of the Northern Territory. The population is only known from collections made near the Victoria River, inspiring the authors to propose that name as the taxon's epithet.<ref name="Potter2014">{{cite journal|last1=Potter|first1=Sally|last2=Close|first2=Robert L.|last3=Taggart|first3=David A.|last4=Cooper|first4=Steven J. B.|last5=Eldridge|first5=Mark D. B.|title=Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, ''Petrogale'' (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). IV. Multifaceted study of the ''brachyotis'' group identifies additional taxa|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology|date=2014|volume=62|issue=#5|pages=401|doi=10.1071/ZO13095}}</ref> |
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==Behaviour == |
==Behaviour == |