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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2989682Original name as described
Dendrolagus matschiei
Other common names
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1939.2927
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84fa46ab-eb0c-42ed-86e4-cd39ccbd9f54Type 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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