Petrogale longicauda Krefft, 1865a

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865: 324. (13 June 1865).

Common name. Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby.

Current name. Petrogale penicillata (J. Gray, 1827) following Jackson & Groves (2015).

Holotype. PA.1068 by subsequent determination. Male, skin mount, collected by George Masters. Registered in c. 1879, collection date not recorded in register, but the AM annual report (Krefft, 1865b) lists one specimen of “ Petrogale longicauda (new)” in a list of specimens collected by Masters during 1864.

Condition. Skin mount in reasonable condition, part of ear tips are torn and missing; missing claw and pad of right pes digit 4; tail fractured near base; scrotal sac present.

Type locality. “Dabee Rylstone NSW” = Rylstone [32°48'S 149°58'E], NSW. [Dabee is a homestead name].

Comments. Krefft states that a single specimen was obtained, with a smashed skull but the skull fragments have not been located in the collection.