Dendrolagus spadix

Troughton & Le Souef, 1936

Lowland 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

Troughton, E.L.G. and Le Souef, A.S. 1936. Two new tree kangaroos from Papua, with notes on allied forms. Australian Zoologist 8:193-197.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709813

Original name as described

Dendrolagus spadix

Type material

AM M.4561

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"between the Upper Awarra and Strickland Rivers, Western Division of Papua," (= Western Province, Papua New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000263

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Names and synonyms

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Dendrolagus spadix

Troughton & Le Souef, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

spadix

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4561

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

194

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709813

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6436/21956250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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