Dendrolagus goodfellowi

O. Thomas, 1908

Goodfellow'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

Thomas, O. 1908-11-01. A new tree-kangaroo from British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(11):452-453.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071221

Original name as described

Dendrolagus goodfellowi

Other common names

Ornate Tree Kangaroo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.10.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b691ea57-e2db-4662-9932-adb2c9d988a1

Type locality

"Owen Stanley Range, near Mt. Obree, British New Guinea. Alt. 8000'," (= south-eastern Papua New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

the name buergersi may represent a distinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Eldridge, M. D. B., Potter, S., Pratt, R., Johnson, R. N., Flannery, T. F., & Helgen, K. M. (2024). Molecular systematics of the Dendrolagus goodfellowi species group (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 76(2), 105-129.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000254

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 goodfellowi

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

goodfellowi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.10.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b691ea57-e2db-4662-9932-adb2c9d988a1

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071221

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:43, 44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6429/21957524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendrolagus goodfellowi shawmayeri

W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

shawmayeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2930, BMNH:Mamm:1950.1429, BMNH:Mamm:1950.1430

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/402b5894-62c1-49a6-8bb9-52666c063fd7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8447712f-6b95-4ccc-ac65-5dea25d05190 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8ef5472-0d8e-42b3-9fb6-fc4dec8a7a0d

Authority page

486

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dendrolagus bürgersi

Matschie, 1912

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

buergersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22155

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

571

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43604643

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi

Groves, 2005

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

buergersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Dendrolagus goodfellowi goodfellowi

Groves, 2005

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

goodfellowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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