Purple-necked Rock Wallaby
Petrogale purpureicollis
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Mammals
The purple-necked rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby first described in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a purple colouration around the neck and cranial features that distinguish it from other rock-wallaby species.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Genus
- Petrogale