Petrogale
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “rock”) + γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).
Proper noun
Petrogale f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – rock wallabies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia – infraclass; Diprotodontia – order; Macropodiformes – suborder; Macropodidae – family; Macropodinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Petrogale penicillata (brush-talied rock wallaby) - type species; for other species see Petrogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Petrogale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Petrogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Petrogale on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons