Dendrolagus matschiei

Förster & W. Rothschild, 1907

Huon 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

Förster, F. and Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild. 1907. Description of a new tree kangaroo. Novitates Zoologicae 14:506.

Original name as described

Dendrolagus matschiei

Other common names

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2927

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rawlinson Mountains, German New Guinea," (= Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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