Northern nail-tail wallaby
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Onychogalea |
| Species: | O. unguifera |
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Onychogalea unguifera (Gould, 1841) |
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| The distribution of the northern nail-tail wallaby Data from The Atlas of Living Australia |
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The northern nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea unguifera) also known as the sandy nail-tail wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Unlike the bridled nail-tail wallaby (O. fraenata), the northern nail-tail wallaby is not a threatened species. The only other member of the genus, the crescent nail-tail wallaby (O. lunata), is extinct.
The northern nail-tail wallaby by far the largest species in the genus Onychogalea. It is a solitary, nocturnal browser feeding on a variety of foliage. It is a sandy colour, which gave rise to its other common name.
Two subspecies have been defined, but their validity is disputed.
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