Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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Petrogale herberti
Thomas, 1926
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (ser. 9)
17: 626. (
1 June 1926
).
Common name
. Herbert’s Rock-wallaby.
Current name
.
Petrogale herberti
Thomas, 1926
; following Jackson & Groves (2015).
Paratype
. M.3885 by subsequent determination.
Female
, skull, study skin, previously
BMNH
No.
1925.8.1.63 (collectors
No.
345), collected by
G. H. Wilkinson
3 March 1924
from
Westwood
near
Rockhampton
alt.
500 ft
,
Qld
,
Australia
.
Received
from the BM in 1926, registered in
AM
February 1927
.
Comments
.
Thomas (1926)
states that he examined
17 specimens
from the type locality of Eidsvolt, the rest from Westwood. In addition to the
holotype
,
16 specimens
were registered in the
BMNH
and these probably comprised 1922.12.29.6–8, 10–13 (
7 specimens
) and
1925.8.1.55–63 (
9 specimens
), so there is little doubt that M.3885 is a
paratype
(
P. Jenkins
,
BMNH
, pers. comm.
18 February 2014
)
.