Genetic affinities of a remnant population of the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) in Mt Kaputar National Park, northern New South Wales
Mark D. B. Eldridge A E , Linda E. Neaves A B , James Faris C and Todd Soderquist D
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A Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
B Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5 LR, United Kingdom.
C NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Office of Environment and Heritage, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia.
D Office of Environment and Heritage, North West Region, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia.
E Corresponding author. Email: mark.eldridge@austmus.gov.au
Australian Mammalogy 40(1) 112-117 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM16051
Submitted: 18 October 2016 Accepted: 5 March 2017 Published: 2 May 2017
Abstract
The brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is now extinct west of the Great Dividing Range, apart from remnant populations in the Warrumbungles and at Mt Kaputar. Previous genetic analysis has identified deep genetic subdivisions within P. penicillata, but samples from Mt Kaputar were not included. Mitochondrial DNA sequences obtained from Mt Kaputar and the Warrumbungles clustered within the Central ESU, extending its distribution north of the Hunter River onto the north-western slopes adjacent to populations of the Northern ESU. These highly threatened western populations are the only P. penicillata persisting in semiarid conditions. This makes them of particular value to the long-term survival of the species and their conservation should be a priority.
Additional keywords: Australia, ESU, marsupial, mitochondrial DNA, threatened species.
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