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--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
--> GENUS Dendrolagus
SPECIES Dendrolagus pulcherrimus
Author: | Flannery, 1993. | Citation: | Rec. Aust. Mus., 45: 38. | Common Name: | Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, West Sepik Prov., near Sibilanga, Kukumbau area on Mt. Sapau, 1120 m (3°32'S, 142°31'E). | Distribution: | Sibilanga district, Toricelli Mtns only, 680-1120 m (Papua New Guinea). | Status: | Endangered. | Comments: | Described as a subspecies of D. goodfellowi, but differs absolutely (diagnostically) from that species. |
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