Dendrolagus bennettianus

De Vis, 1887

Bennett's Tree Kangaroo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Dendrolagini
Genus : Dendrolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

De Vis, C.W. 1887-08. Notice of a possible new species of Dendrolagus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 3:11-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13860736

Original name as described

Dendrolagus Bennettianus

Other common names

Dusky Tree Kangaroo · Tree-wallaby

Type material

QM J307

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Daintree River, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000252

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dendrolagus Bennettianus

De Vis, 1887

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

bennettianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J307

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13860736

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6426/21957127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendrolagus Bennettianus

De Vis, 1886

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

bennettianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

v

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

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