Dendrolagus pulcherrimus

Flannery, 1993

Golden-mantled 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

Flannery, T.F. 1993-03-19. Taxonomy of _Dendrolagus goodfellowi_ (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) with description of a new subspecies. Records of the Australian Museum 45(1):33-42.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.128

Original name as described

Dendrolagus goodfellowi pulcherrimus

Type material

AM M.21717

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

elevation of 1120 m in the Kukumbau area, Mt Sapau, near Sibilanga, 03° 21' S, 142° 35' E, West Sepik Pronvince, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

sometimes considered a subspecies of D. goodfellowi, but molecular data supports its species status

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/1000261

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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 pulcherrimus

Flannery, 1993

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

pulcherrimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.21717

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Dendrolagus pulcherrimus

Groves, 2005

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

pulcherrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136696/21957219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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