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Unadorned rock wallaby

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
Macropodidae

Scientific name
  
Petrogale inornata

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Diprotodontia

Genus
  
Petrogale

Higher classification
  
Rock-wallaby

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

The unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata) is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer, hence its common name.

The unadorned rock-wallaby is patchily distributed in coastal ranges from around Rockhampton to near Townsville. This range includes the small range of the Proserpine rock-wallaby (P. persephone), the only rock-wallaby in the region not closely related to its neighbours. Interbreeding threatens the latter species.

References

Unadorned rock-wallaby Wikipedia