Thylogale Gray, 1837

Rose, Randolph W. & Rose, Robert K., 2018, Thylogale billardierii (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae), Mammalian Species 50 (965), pp. 100-108 : 100-101

Thylogale Gray, 1837

Thylogale: Gray, 1837:583 . Part; subgenus of Halmaturus .

Type species Halmaturus [ ( Thylogale )] eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1827 ) by monotypy.

CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Diprotodontia , superfamily Macropodoidea ,family Macropodidae , subfamily Macropodinae . The genus Thylogale includes the following 6 living species ( Calaby and Richardson 1988; Groves 1993): Thylogale browni , T. brunii , T. calabyi , T. stigmatica , and T. thetis . A key to species of Thylogale (derived from LeSouef et al. 1926; Flannery 1992, 1995; Menkhorst and Knight 2001) follows:

1. Belly fur white to the roots. Distribution: Aru, Kei, other islands, and southern Papua New Guinea …………… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …. … T. b r u n i i

Belly fur gray, orange, cream, other………………………2

2. Neck, shoulders, and forehead rich rufousred, belly fur cream, no cheek- or hip-stripes. Distribution: coastal rain- and wet sclerophyll forests from central Queensland to central New South Wales ………………………......…………..…… T. thetis

Neck and shoulders gray or brown…………………..……3

3. White cheek-stripe and buff hip-stripe, reddish legs. Distribution: tip of Cape York, Queensland to Tamworth, New South Wales; Papua New Guinea south of Fly River ………………………...……………...…… T. stigmatica Lacks both cheek- and hip-stripes………………...………4

4. Belly fur orange to rufous-red, no facial or hip markings. Distribution: now restricted to Tasmania ……………… …………………………………...…..…… T. billardierii Fig. 1. —Adult Thylogale billardierii. Photograph by Murray Lord used with permission. Belly fur gray…………………………………..…………5

5. Gray belly fur tipped with yellow, densely furred tail, small body size, well-marked hip-stripe, axils of limbs with small patches of bare skin. Distribution: alpine zone of eastern Papua New Guinea ………………………...……………… T. calabyi Gray belly fur without yellow fringe, no hip-stripe, large patches of bare skin in axils of limbs. Distribution: northern Papua New Guinea and Northeastern IrianJaya………………….……………… T. browni