crescent nail-tail wallaby

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The crescent nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) was a small, nocturnal Australian marsupial, now believed extinct, distinguished by a pale crescent-shaped marking on its shoulders and a horny “nail” at the tip of its tail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct species ⓘ
mammal ⓘ
marsupial ⓘ
wallaby ⓘ
activityPattern nocturnal ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily Macropodinae ⓘ
binomialName Onychogalea lunata ⓘ
linked to: Onychogalea
bodySize small ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
commonName crescent nail-tail wallaby ⓘ
crescent nailtail wallaby ⓘ
lunated nail-tailed wallaby ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
diet forbs ⓘ
grasses ⓘ
herbivorous ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ
distinguishingFeature horny nail at tip of tail ⓘ
pale crescent-shaped marking on shoulders ⓘ
endemicTo Australia ⓘ
extinctionStatus believed extinct ⓘ
family Macropodidae ⓘ
firstDescribedBy John Gould ⓘ
firstDescriptionYear 1841 ⓘ
genus Onychogalea ⓘ
geographicContinent Australia ⓘ
historicalRange New South Wales ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
central Australia ⓘ
southwestern Western Australia ⓘ
IUCNStatus Extinct ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
likelyExtinctionCauses changes in fire regimes ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ
locomotion saltatory ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
order Diprotodontia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo bridled nail-tail wallaby ⓘ
northern nail-tail wallaby ⓘ
reproduction marsupial reproduction ⓘ
pouched young ⓘ
scientificName Onychogalea lunata ⓘ
linked to: Onychogalea
shoulderMarking pale crescent-shaped band ⓘ
tailFeature nail-like horny spur at tail tip ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temporalActivity night-active ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Onychogalea lunata → commonName → crescent nail-tail wallaby ⓘ
subject linked to: Onychogalea
crescent nail-tail wallaby → commonName → lunated nail-tailed wallaby ⓘ
linked to: crescent nail-tail wallaby