Definition of Genus petrogale

1. Noun. Rock wallabies.

Exact synonyms: Petrogale
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Macropodidae, Macropodidae
Member holonyms: Rock Kangaroo, Rock Wallaby

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petrogale

genus Periploca
genus Perisoreus
genus Peristedion
genus Pernis
genus Perodicticus
genus Perognathus
genus Peromyscus
genus Peronospora
genus Persea
genus Persoonia
genus Pertusaria
genus Petasites
genus Petaurista
genus Petaurus
genus Petrocoptis
genus Petrogale
genus Petromyzon
genus Petroselinum
genus Petteria
genus Petunia
genus Peziza
genus Pezophaps
genus Phacelia
genus Phacochoerus
genus Phaethon
genus Phaius
genus Phalacrocorax
genus Phalaenopsis
genus Phalaenoptilus
genus Phalanger

Literary usage of Genus petrogale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1877)
"... I beg leave to lay before the Society thus evening a description of what I believe to be a new species of Rock Wallaby, of the genus Petrogale. ..."

2. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"All the species of the genus Petrogale, or Wallabies, have shorter toes and hind legs than the true Kangaroos of the genus Macropus; and the under surfaces ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Rock-Wallaby, ;/. the popular name for any animal of the genus Petrogale (qv). There are six species— Brush-tailed Rock-Wallaby— ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The large rock-kangaroos (genus Petrogale) dwell among rocks, leaping about them with great agility and using their long tails like a balancing-pole. ..."

5. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"The genus Petrogale (Fig. 185, B) includes kangaroos that live among the rocks, using the long tail as a balancing pole as they leap from rock to rock. ..."

6. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"The allied genus Petrogale includes smaller species, called Rock Wallabies, with only a short claw on the hind-foot. As their name implies they frequent ..."

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