Monjon

Monjon[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Petrogale
Species:
P. burbidgei
Binomial name
Petrogale burbidgei
Kitchener & Sanson, 1978.[3]
Monjon range

The monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) is the smallest species of rock-wallaby (Petrogale) in the family Macropodidae, found in northwestern Australia. They are restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in the state of Western Australia, and on nearby islands within the Bonaparte Archipelago. Common names also include Burbidge's rock-wallaby[citation needed] and Burbidge's rock-weasel.[4]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Burbidge, A.A.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Petrogale burbidgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16744A21955902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16744A21955902.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kitchener1978 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Strahan, Ronald, Mammals of Australia (1995) p. 368