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Nail-tail wallaby
| Nail-tail wallabies | |
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| Crescent nail-tail wallaby | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Onychogalea J. E. Gray, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Macropus unguifer[1] Gould, 1841
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| Species | |
The nail-tail wallabies, of genus Onychogalea, are three species of macropods, all found in Australia. Related to kangaroos and wallabies, they are smaller species distinguished by a horny spur at the end of their tail. The northern nail-tail wallaby is still common in the northern part of Australia,[2] the crescent nail-tail is now extinct,[3] and the bridled nail-tail is considered rare and endangered, with probably fewer than 1100 mature individuals in the wild.[4] Nail-tail wallabies are smaller than many other wallabies.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
MSW3was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources "Onychogalea unguifera", The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2008
- ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources "Onychogalea lunata", The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2008
- ^ International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources "Onychogalea fraenata", The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2008
- ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 124.
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