Petrogale lateralis Gould, 1842 . Monogr. Macropodidae, pt. 2, pl. 24.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Western Australia, Swan River .

DISTRIBUTION: Australia: Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory, W Queensland.

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: hacketti, pearsoni, purpureicollis .

COMMENTS: McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication of this name is in The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840].