Thylogale calabyi

Flannery, 1992

Calaby's 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

Flannery, T.F. 1992. Taxonomic revision of the _Thylogale brunii_ complex (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in Melanesia, with description of a new species. Australian Mammalogy 15:7-23.

Original name as described

Thylogale calabyi

Other common names

Alpine Pademelon · Alpine Wallaby

Type material

AM M.12864

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

3000 m on south side of Neon Basin, Mount Albert Edward, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

may be conspecific with brunii and browni

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

Endangered

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