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SPECIES Dendrolagus bennettianus

Author:De Vis, 1886.
Actual Date:1887
Citation:Proc. R. Soc. Queensl., 3(1886): 11.
Common Name:Bennett’s Tree-kangaroo
Type Locality:Australia, Queensland, Daintree River.
Distribution:NE Queensland (Australia): north of Daintree River as far as Mt. Amos.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Considered a subspecies of dorianus by Haltenorth (1958); but see Ride (1970:223) and Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17); occupies an isolated position in the genus (Groves, 1982; Flannery et al., 1995b).
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