Petrogale

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “rock”) + γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

Proper noun

Petrogale f

A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae – certain of the wallabies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia - infraclass; Diprotodontia - order; Macropodiformes - suborder; Macropodidae - family; Macropodinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Petrogale penicillata - type species; for other species see Petrogale on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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