Taxonomy of rock-wallabies, Petrogale (Marsupialia : Macropodidae). V. A description of two new subspecies of the black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)
Mark D. B. Eldridge
A C and Sally Potter A B
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A Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
B Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 0200, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: mark.eldridge@austmus.gov.au
Australian Journal of Zoology 67(1) 19-26 https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO19063
Submitted: 9 October 2019 Accepted: 11 December 2019 Published: 24 January 2020
Abstract
The black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) is the most widespread member of the endemic Australian macropodid genus Petrogale. Considerable morphological and genetic diversity within this species has long been recognised and P. lateralis is currently divided into three described subspecies (P. lateralis lateralis, P. l. pearsoni, P. l. hacketti) and two undescribed forms (MacDonnell Ranges race, West Kimberley race). Chromosomal, morphological, genic and genomic studies have demonstrated that these five taxa are closely related but distinguishable. Here, we formally name the MacDonnell Ranges race and the West Kimberley race as subspecies of P. lateralis.
Taxonomic registration: (LSID publication) http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71C3B7CE-CE3D-4A78-83A6-5EB50FBBA810
Additional keywords: chromosomes, genetics, macropodid, marsupial
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