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Rock-wallaby

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q269253
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Rock-wallaby

Summary

Rock-wallaby is a taxon[1]. Rock-wallaby has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Rock-wallaby's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rock-wallaby is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rock-wallaby belongs to the parent taxon Macropodinae[5].
  • Rock-wallaby is endemic to Australia[6].
  • Rock-wallaby's scientific name is Petrogale[7].
  • Rock-wallaby's Commons category is recorded as Petrogale[8].
  • Rock-wallaby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petrogale[9].
  • Rock-wallaby's Commons gallery is recorded as Petrogale[10].
  • Rock-wallaby's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1837[11].

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Classification

Rock-wallaby's scientific name is Petrogale[7]. Rock-wallaby is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rock-wallaby is classified within Macropodinae[5].

Distribution

Rock-wallaby is endemic to Australia[6].

Identifiers

Rock-wallaby's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42916[12]. Rock-wallaby's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9324[13]. Rock-wallaby's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15083[14]. Rock-wallaby's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440111[15]. Rock-wallaby's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179923[16].

Why It Matters

Rock-wallaby has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Rock-wallaby is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Australia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i45183
    Parent taxon → Macropodinae
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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