Onychogalea lunata (Gould 1840)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 66

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scientific name	Onychogalea lunata (Gould 1840)
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Treatment

[Macropus] lunatus Gould 1840 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 93.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, coast.

Vernacular Names: Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby.

Distribution: SC and SW Western Australia, S Northern Territory.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct; probably extinct.

Discussion: Extinct throughout most or all of its former range. McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this name was in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840].