Onychogalea lunata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DIPROTODONTIA	MACROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Onychogalea lunata

Species Authority:

(Gould, 1841)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Crescent Nailtail Wallaby, Crescent Nail-tailed Wallaby, Wurrung
French	–	Onychogale Croissant, Wallaby À Queue Cornée
Spanish	–	Canguro Rabipelado Occidental

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Burbidge, A. & Johnson, K.

Evaluator/s:

Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct. The last reliable records of this species were from central Australia in the early 1950s.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was endemic to western and central Australia. Aboriginal oral histories indicate that is persisted possibly into the 1950s. There is a doubtful record from the early 1960s.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population [top]

Population:	It is presumed to be extinct.

Population:

It is presumed to be extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was found in stony hills, mulga country, and open woodland (Burbidge 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species was likely extirpated by predation from introduced foxes and cats. Habitat degradation, including changing fire regimes and the impact of rabbits and introduced stock, may have had an impact. In part of their range (south-western Western Australia and parts of New South Wales), pastoral expansion were likely to have been detrimental to the species.

Major Threat(s):

This species was likely extirpated by predation from introduced foxes and cats. Habitat degradation, including changing fire regimes and the impact of rabbits and introduced stock, may have had an impact. In part of their range (south-western Western Australia and parts of New South Wales), pastoral expansion were likely to have been detrimental to the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Burbidge, A. & Johnson, K. 2008. Onychogalea lunata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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