Petrogale

Translingual

Petrogale penicillata (brush-talied rock wallaby)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “rock”) + γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

Proper noun

Petrogale f

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – rock wallabies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Macropodiformes - suborder; Macropodidae - family; Macropodinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Petrogale penicillata (brush-talied rock wallaby) - type species; for other species see Petrogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Petrogale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Petrogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Petrogale on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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