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