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Petrogale xanthopus

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Petrogale xanthopus was named by Gray (1837). It is the type species of Petrogale.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Petrogale xanthopus Gray p. 785

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusPetrogaleShaw 1790
speciesxanthopusGray 1837

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Petrogale xanthopus Gray 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:35:08
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:35:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available