The Mount Claro rock-wallaby (''Petrogale sharmani''), also known as Sharman's rock-wallaby, is a species of
rock-wallaby
The rock-wallabies are the wallabies of the genus ''Petrogale''.
Taxonomy
The genus was established in 1837 by John Edward Gray in a revision of material at the British Museum of Natural History. Gray nominated his earlier description of ''Ka ...
found in northeastern
Queensland
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, 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'').
Description
It measures 43 to 53 cm high, and its tail is about 50 cm. It weighs 3.6 to 4.8 kg. The upper body is greyish-brown, There is very little difference about this species and the six other species of
petrogales found in this region; the difference were made only by genetic studies (it has 20 chromosomes). It is the smallest of the genus and one of the rarest.
Habitat
The Mount 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 Range west of
Ingham.
Diet
It feeds on grass shoots, fruits, seeds and flowers by hand-feeding.
References
External links
Sharman's Rock-wallaby (includes photographs)
Macropods
Mammals of Queensland
Marsupials of Australia
Nature Conservation Act endangered biota
Mammals described in 1992
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