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SPECIES Dendrolagus inustus

Author:Müller, 1840.
Citation:In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland Overz. Bezitt., Land-en Volkenkunde: 20, footnote [1840], see comments.
Common Name:Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
Type Locality:Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Fakfak Div., Lobo Dist., near Triton Bay, Mt. Lamantsjieri.
Distribution:New Guinea: Vogelkop and Fakfak peninsulas, along north coast as far east as Wewak; Yapen Isl; possibly present on Salawati and Waigeou (Flannery, 1995a).
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:This species was further described by Schlegel and Müller, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, p. 131, 143[1845], pl. 20, 22, 23[1841]. Considered a subspecies of ursinus by Haltenorth (1958); but see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17) and Groves (1982d).
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SUBSPECIES inustus

SUBSPECIES finschi

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