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Species profile—Notamacropus rufogriseus (red-necked wallaby)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Notamacropus rufogriseus (red-necked wallaby)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos)
Scientific name
Notamacropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817)
Common name
red-necked wallaby
Type reference
Desmarest, A.G. (1817). Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle: appliquee aux arts, a l'agriculture, a l'economie rurale et domestique, a la medecine etc. Par une societe de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouv. edn presqu' entierement refondue et considerablement augmentee. Paris : Deterville Vol. 17.
WildNet taxon ID
904
Synonym(s)
Macropus rufogriseus
Alternate name(s)
Bennett's wallaby
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Agricultural Pest
Species environment
Terrestrial

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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=904.

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

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Last updated
8 March 2022