Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1827) . Anim. Kingdom (Cuvier), Mamm., 3, plate only.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: Mainland Australia; Mondraine Isl. and adjacent Isis.; Groote Eylandt (off Northern Territory); Pearson Isis. (S. Australia).

COMMENT: Includes inornata; see Ride, 1970:223. Revision of the genus is underway by Sharman et al.; a preliminary account of their arrangement is provided by Poole, 1979, in Tyler, ed., The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, pp. 19- 22; inornata, godmani and purpureicollis are included in penicillata .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012015003001.