Thylogale brownii

(E. P. Ramsay, 1877)

New Guinea Pademelon

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Description of a new species of Halmaturus, from New Ireland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4):307-309.

Original name as described

Halmaturus Brownii

Other common names

Brown's Pademelon · Mountain Pademelon

Type material

AM PA.1033, AM PA.1034, AM PA.1035

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

may be conspecific with brunii and calabyi; includes lanata

Taxonomy notes citation

Macqueen, P., Seddon, J. M., Austin, J. J., Hamilton, S., & Goldizen, A. W. (2010). Phylogenetics of the pademelons (Macropodidae: Thylogale) and historical biogeography of the Australo-Papuan region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57(3), 1134-1148.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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