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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct species
mammal
marsupial
wallaby
activityPattern nocturnal
belongsToSubfamily Macropodinae
binomialName Onychogalea lunata
linked to: Onychogalea
bodySize small
class Mammalia
commonName crescent nail-tail wallaby
crescent nailtail wallaby
lunated nail-tailed wallaby
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List
diet forbs
grasses
herbivorous
shrubs
distinguishingFeature horny nail at tip of tail
pale crescent-shaped marking on shoulders
endemicTo Australia
extinctionStatus believed extinct
family Macropodidae
firstDescribedBy John Gould
firstDescriptionYear 1841
genus Onychogalea
geographicContinent Australia
historicalRange New South Wales
South Australia
central Australia
southwestern Western Australia
IUCNStatus Extinct
kingdom Animalia
likelyExtinctionCauses changes in fire regimes
habitat loss
introduced predators
locomotion saltatory
nativeTo Australia
order Diprotodontia
phylum Chordata
relatedTo bridled nail-tail wallaby
northern nail-tail wallaby
reproduction marsupial reproduction
pouched young
scientificName Onychogalea lunata
linked to: Onychogalea
shoulderMarking pale crescent-shaped band
tailFeature nail-like horny spur at tail tip
taxonRank species
temporalActivity night-active

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Onychogalea lunata commonName crescent nail-tail wallaby
subject linked to: Onychogalea
crescent nail-tail wallaby commonName lunated nail-tailed wallaby
linked to: crescent nail-tail wallaby