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Cape York rock-wallaby
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Petrogale
Species:	P. coenensis
Binomial name
Petrogale coenensis Eldridge & Close, 1992
Cape York rock-wallaby range

The Cape York rock-wallaby (Petrogale coenensis) is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland, also including the Mount Claro rock-wallaby (P. sharmani), the Mareeba rock-wallaby (P. mareeba) and Godman's rock-wallaby (P. godmani).

The Cape York rock-wallaby is found only in central Cape York, from the Musgrave to the Pascoe River. It is also the only member of the group of seven species to be completely separated geographically from its relatives; it is separated from Godman's rock-wallaby by the Hann River Catchment (around 70 km).

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Woinarski, J.; Burbidge, A.A. (2020). "Petrogale coenensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T16752A21955261. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T16752A21955261.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 130.

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