Onychogalea unguifera (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

Onychogalea unguifera (Gould 1840)

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

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Derby (King Sound).

Vernacular Names: Northern Nail-tail Wallaby.

Synonyms: Onychogalea annulicauda De Vis 1884 .

Distribution: N Australia: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Secure.

Discussion: McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original description of this name was in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840].