Creator Gould's Mammals of Australia (1845-1863)

Date 1863

The Parma wallaby (Macropus parma) was first described by British naturalist John Gould in about 1840. A shy cryptic creature of the wet sclerophyll forests of northern New South Wales (Australia), it was never commonly encountered and, even before the end of the 19th century, it was believed to be extinct. (Gould syn: Parma Wallaby, Halmaturus parma)

Source: Smithsonian Library