Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby

Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby

Taxobox
name = Mt. Claro Rock-wallabyMSW3 Groves|pages=68-69]


status = NT
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=16753|title=Petrogale sharmani|downloaded=2007-01-28 ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Petrogale"
species = "P. sharmani"
binomial = "Petrogale sharmani"
binomial_authority = Eldridge & Close, 1992

The Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby ("Petrogale sharmani"), also known as Sharman's Rock-wallaby, is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related species also including Godman's Rock-wallaby ("P. godmani") and Herbert's Rock-wallaby ("P. herberti").

The Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby is the smallest of the group, and also has one of the smallest ranges. It is completely restricted to the Seaview and Coane Ranges west of Ingham.cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=130]

References

External links

* [http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/auxillry/mammals/sharman.htm Sharman's Rock-wallaby (includes photographs)]


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