Thylogale Gray, 1837

Thylogale: Gray, 1837:583. Part; subgenus of Halmaturus.

Type species Halmaturus [(Thylogale)] eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1827) by monotypy.

CONTEXT AND CONTENT. Order Diprotodontia, superfamily Macropodoidea,family Macropodidae, subfamily Macropodinae. The genus Thylogale includes the following 6 living species (Calaby and Richardson 1988; Groves 1993): Thylogale browni, T. brunii, T. calabyi, T. stigmatica, and T. thetis. A key to species of Thylogale (derived from LeSouef et al. 1926; Flannery 1992, 1995; Menkhorst and Knight 2001) follows:

1. Belly fur white to the roots. Distribution: Aru, Kei, other islands, and southern Papua New Guinea …………… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …. … T. b r u n i i

Belly fur gray, orange, cream, other………………………2

2. Neck, shoulders, and forehead rich rufousred, belly fur cream, no cheek- or hip-stripes. Distribution: coastal rain- and wet sclerophyll forests from central Queensland to central New South Wales ………………………......…………..…… T. thetis

Neck and shoulders gray or brown…………………..……3

3. White cheek-stripe and buff hip-stripe, reddish legs. Distribution: tip of Cape York, Queensland to Tamworth, New South Wales; Papua New Guinea south of Fly River ………………………...……………...…… T. stigmatica

Lacks both cheek- and hip-stripes………………...………4

4. Belly fur orange to rufous-red, no facial or hip markings. Distribution: now restricted to Tasmania ……………… …………………………………...…..…… T. billardierii

Belly fur gray…………………………………..…………5

5. Gray belly fur tipped with yellow, densely furred tail, small body size, well-marked hip-stripe, axils of limbs with small patches of bare skin. Distribution: alpine zone of eastern Papua New Guinea ………………………...……………… T. calabyi

Gray belly fur without yellow fringe, no hip-stripe, large patches of bare skin in axils of limbs. Distribution: northern Papua New Guinea and Northeastern IrianJaya………………….……………… T. browni