Dendrolagus stellarum

Flannery & Seri, 1990

Seri's 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. and Seri, L. 1990-07-06. The mammals of southern West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea: their distribution, abundance, human use and zoogeography. Records of the Australian Museum 42(2):173-208.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.114

Original name as described

Dendrolagus dorianus stellarum

Type material

AM M.17789

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"western end of Dokfuma basin, 3,000 m, Star Mountains, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, 5°01'S 141°07'E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

sometimes considered a subspecies of D. dorianus, but molecular data supports its species status; includes the recently described hoserae, which was named by R. T. Hoser, who's names are currently under scrutiny and should be tested by further studies before use

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. · Hoser, R. T. (2019). A new species of Tree Kangaroo, Genus Dendrolagus Müller, 1840 from Tembagapura, Mimika, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 10(40), 50-55.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000264

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 dorianus stellarum

Flannery & Seri, 1990

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

stellarum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.17789

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Dendrolagus hoserae

Hoser, 2019

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

hoserae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

rejectedbyfiat

Type

AM M.30720.001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Australasian Journal of Herpetology

Dendrolagus stellarum

Groves, 2005

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

stellarum

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 #400000128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136812/21956889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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