Lexic.us

Definition of Genus petrogale

1. Noun. Rock wallabies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Petrogale

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 ..."

Other Resources: