HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
--> GENUS Dendrolagus
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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