Allied Rock-wallaby

Taxobox
name = Allied Rock-wallabyMSW3 Groves|pages=66-67]

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image_caption = Allied Rock Wallaby on Magnetic Island, Queensland
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40569|title=Petrogale assimilis|downloaded=2007-01-28 ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Petrogale"
species = "P. assimilis"
binomial = "Petrogale assimilis"
binomial_authority = Ramsay, 1877

The Allied Rock-wallaby ("Petrogale assimilis") is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is very similar to six other species of rock-wallaby found in this area, including the Cape York Rock-wallaby ("P. coenensis"), the Unadorned Rock-wallaby ("P. inornata"), and Herbert's Rock-wallaby ("P. herberti").cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=130]

The Allied Rock-wallaby is found in the hinterland of Townsville, and also on Magnetic and Palm Islands. There are few distinguishing features from its close relatives in the field.

References

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Petrogale_assimilis.html Petrogale assimilis on Animal Diversity Web]
* [http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9920355.htm CSIRO Hematology of Wild Allied Rock-wallabies in North Queensland]