Dendrolagus mayri

W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1933

Wondiwoi 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

Authority citation

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 359: 40

Original name as described

Dendrolagus mayri

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2931

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/254a64de-8450-4d5a-9fc9-c18d2c10a086

Type locality

Wondiwoi Mts, 1600 m, Papua, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from D. dorianus

Taxonomy notes citation

Eldridge, M. D., Potter, S., Helgen, K. M., Sinaga, M. H., Aplin, K. P., Flannery, T. F., & Johnson, R. N. (2018). Phylogenetic analysis of the tree-kangaroos (Dendrolagus) reveals multiple divergent lineages within New Guinea. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 127, 589-599.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000258

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 mayri

W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1933

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

mayri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2931

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/254a64de-8450-4d5a-9fc9-c18d2c10a086

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136668/21956785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendrolagus dorianus mayri

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

mayri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635640

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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