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SPECIES Dendrolagus dorianus

Author:Ramsay, 1883.
Citation:Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 8: 17.
Common Name:Doria’s Tree-kangaroo
Type Locality:Papua New Guinea, "ranges behind Mt. Astrolabe."
Distribution:Interior New Guinea: Wondiwoi Peninsula, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); Papua New Guinea/Indonesian border to extreme SE of mainland Papua New Guinea, 600 to 3650 m.
Status:IUCN – Vulnerable; uncommon.
Comments:Does not include bennettianus (see Ride, 1970:223, Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:17), or stellarum (see below); mayri may also be a distinct species, but is known by only one specimen.
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SUBSPECIES dorianus

SUBSPECIES mayri

SUBSPECIES notatus

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