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under the name of 'padmelon.' It is now a protected species." (Long- 

 man, 1930, p. 59.) 



Finlayson reports (1931, p. 85) on its status in the Dawson Valley, 

 Queensland: "Observed twice only, and no specimens obtained. It 

 was obtained by Lumholtz in the Rockhampton district in 1880- 

 1884, and recently Longman has stated that it is not uncommon in 

 South Queensland. Over the greater part of the Dawson country, 

 however, it is either absent or rare, as few reliable accounts of it 

 could be obtained." 



"This gentle and beautiful species was once plentiful in inland 

 N. S. W. south to the Murray River, and in coastal parts as far as 

 Rockhampton in Queensland, but is now quite rare, or absent, over 

 entire range. A colony has been established on a small river island, 

 and such sanctuaries, free from foxes, probably represent the only 

 means of preventing extermination." (E. Le G. Troughton, in Hit., 

 April 16, 1937.) 



In Victoria there are a few records only, the last in 1867. The 

 animal is now extinct in that state. (C. W. Brazenor, in Hit., March 

 3, 1937.) 



"As an illustration of the rapid breeding of marsupials, the ex- 

 perience of Mr. Chas. Baldwin, of Durham Court, Manilla, New 

 South Wales, is illuminating. In eighteen months Mr. Baldwin, 

 from five adults, bred seventy young of the bridled wallaby." (Hoy, 

 1923, p. 166.) 



Crescent Nail-tailed Wallaby 



ONYCHOGALEA LUNATA (Gould) 



Macropus lunatus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1840, p. 93, 1841. ("West 

 coast of Australia"; Thomas (1888, p. 78) lists the type specimen from 

 "Swan R., W. A.") 



FIGS.: Gould, 1849, vol. 2, pi. 55; Lucas and Le Souef, 1909, p. 78, fig. 



This wallaby is on the verge of extinction in the settled districts 

 of Western Australia but survives farther east toward the Great 

 Victoria Desert. 



In general appearance it is very similar to the Bridled Nail-tailed 

 Wallaby but is slightly smaller; general color dark gray; face gray, 

 a mark over eye and cheek stripe slightly paler; a prominent white 

 crescent-shaped shoulder stripe, not encroaching on the neck; back 

 and sides of neck rich rufous ; a whitish hip stripe and another stripe 

 just above it; under parts whitish; tail uniform gray, its terminal 

 nail as in 0. fraenata. Male: head and body, 500 mm. ; tail, 332 mm. 

 (Thomas, 1888, pp. 77-78.) 



The former range of this species included the southern parts of 

 Western Australia and Central and South Australia. 



