crescent nail-tail wallaby
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The crescent nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) was a small, nocturnal Australian marsupial, now believed extinct, distinguished by a pale crescent-shaped marking on its shoulders and a horny “nail” at the tip of its tail.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extinct species
ⓘ
mammal ⓘ marsupial ⓘ wallaby ⓘ |
| activityPattern | nocturnal ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Macropodinae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| binomialName | Onychogalea lunata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Mammalia ⓘ |
| commonName |
crescent nail-tail wallaby
ⓘ
crescent nailtail wallaby ⓘ lunated nail-tailed wallaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatusSystem | IUCN Red List NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diet |
forbs
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grasses ⓘ herbivorous ⓘ shrubs ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
horny nail at tip of tail
ⓘ
pale crescent-shaped marking on shoulders ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | believed extinct ⓘ |
| family | Macropodidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescribedBy | John Gould NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1841 ⓘ |
| genus | Onychogalea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicContinent | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
New South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Australia ⓘ southwestern Western Australia ⓘ |
| IUCNStatus | Extinct ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| likelyExtinctionCauses |
changes in fire regimes
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ introduced predators ⓘ |
| locomotion | saltatory ⓘ |
| nativeTo | Australia ⓘ |
| order | Diprotodontia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
bridled nail-tail wallaby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern nail-tail wallaby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproduction |
marsupial reproduction
ⓘ
pouched young ⓘ |
| scientificName | Onychogalea lunata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shoulderMarking | pale crescent-shaped band ⓘ |
| tailFeature | nail-like horny spur at tail tip ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| temporalActivity | night-active ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Onychogalea lunata