Dorcopsis hageni

K. M. Heller, 1897

White-striped Forest Wallaby

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Dorcopsini
Genus : Dorcopsis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heller, K.M. 1897. Zwei neue Beutelthiere aus Deutsch New Guinea, nebst einer Aufzählung der bekannten papuanischen Säugethiere. Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 6:1-7.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471225

Original name as described

Dorcopsis hageni

Other common names

Greater Forest Wallaby · Northern Forest Wallaby · White-striped Dorcopsis

Type material

SMNK-MAM 533, SMNK-MAM 534, SMNK-MAM 535

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Nova Guinea, Stefansort, ad sinum Astrolabe, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000267

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.

Conoyces hageni eitape

(Troughton, 1937)

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

eitape

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.6211

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dorcopsis hageni caurina

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

caurina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.2.2.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2616872f-d7e3-4de9-8073-cf6f88c8a9c5

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301057

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dorcopsis hageni

K. M. Heller, 1897

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

hageni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNK-MAM 533, SMNK-MAM 534, SMNK-MAM 535

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471225

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6795/21952491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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