Petrogale Gray, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1:583.

TYPE SPECIES: Kängurus penicillatus Gray, 1827 .

SYNONYMS: Heteropus, Peradorcas .

COMMENTS: Revision of this genus is underway by Sharman, Eldridge et al.; a preliminary account of their arrangement was provided by Poole (1979) and Briscoe et al. (1982). Kitchener and Sanson (1978) considered this genus as probably congeneric with Peradorcas .