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Species profile—Petrogale purpureicollis (purple-necked rock-wallaby)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Petrogale purpureicollis (purple-necked rock-wallaby)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos)
Scientific name
Petrogale purpureicollis Le Souef, 1924
Common name
purple-necked rock-wallaby
Type reference
Le Souef, A.S. (1924). Notes on some rock wallabies, genus Petrogale, with descriptions of two new species. Australian Zoologist 3: 272-276.
WildNet taxon ID
888
Synonym(s)
Petrogale lateralis purpureicollis
Alternate name(s)
black-footed rock-wallaby
black-flanked rock-wallaby
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Vulnerable
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=888.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024