The monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) is the smallest species of rock-wallaby (Petrogale) in the family Macropodidae, found in northwestern Australia. They are restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in the state of Western Australia, and on nearby islands within the Bonaparte Archipelago. Common names also include '''Burbidge's rock-wallaby and Burbidge's rock-weasel'''.
The monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) is the smallest species of rock-wallaby (Petrogale) in the family Macropodidae, found in northwestern Australia. They are restricted to a small area of the Kimberley in the state of Western Australia, and on nearby islands within the Bonaparte Archipelago. Common names also include '''Burbidge's rock-wallaby and Burbidge's rock-weasel'.
== Taxonomy == The monjon is a small species of macropod (terrestrial kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, etc) placed in the genus Petrogale (the rock-wallabies). The first published description of the species was in 1978, based on specimens collected and reviewed by D. J. Kitchener and G. Sanson. The type specimen is a female that weighed , shot by Kitchener in a sandstone crevice on an evening in November 1976 at the Mitchell Plateau, near to a site named Crystal Creek. That animal was carrying a hairless joey (baby) in its pouch at the time that it was killed, which weighed around . Other specimens were obtained at the Mitchell Plateau, as well as from Boongaree, Katers and Bigge Islands (of the Bonaparte Archipelago) and within Prince Regent National Park. The specific epithet was named for Andrew A. Burbidge, who was credited with prompting surveys of mammals of the Kimberley region.
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