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Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by vogelcommando, 5 Jan 2015.

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    Yep, I meant of the species themselves. Thanks for the welcome, love the thread idea. New species, returning species, and species regrowing is good news I don't hear or see enough
     
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    Not really a 'new' species, since it was described in 1926. It validates the opinion of the great mammal-taxonomist Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929), who first described this wallaby as a distinct taxon in the following article:
    Thomas, O. (1926) - 'Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G. W. Wilkins in northern Australia.' Annals & Magazine of Natural History 17, p.184–187.
     
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