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Cape York rock wallaby

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
Macropodidae

Scientific name
  
Petrogale coenensis

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Diprotodontia

Genus
  
Petrogale

Higher classification
  
Rock-wallaby

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Similar
  
Mount Claro rock‑wallaby, Godman's rock‑wallaby, Herbert's rock‑wallaby, Rothschild's rock‑wallaby, Unadorned rock‑wallaby

The Cape York rock-wallaby (Petrogale coenensis) is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland, also including the Mount Claro rock-wallaby (P. sharmani), the Mareeba rock-wallaby (P. mareeba) and Godman's rock-wallaby (P. godmani).

The Cape York rock-wallaby is found only in central Cape York, from the Musgrave to the Pascoe River. It is also the only member of the group of seven species to be completely separated geographically from its relatives; it is separated from Godman's rock-wallaby by the Hann River Catchment (around 70 km).

References

Cape York rock-wallaby Wikipedia