Dendrolagus matschiei

Förster & W. Rothschild, 1907

Huon Tree Kangaroo

Oblique view of two captives (could be M. goodfellowi). Also as Matschie's Tree Kangaroo.
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Location:Australia, SA, Adelaide ZooDate taken:1 January 1979Description:Oblique view of two captives (could be M. goodfellowi). Also as Matschie's Tree Kangaroo.

Distribution :

Extreme NE interior New Guinea (Huon Peninsula), 1000 to 3300 m; Umboi Isl and Mt. Agulupella in W New Britain (introduced).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 343

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Macropodoidea
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Tribe: Dendrolagini
Genus: Dendrolagus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Förster, F. and Rothschild, W., 2nd Baron Rothschild. 1907. Description of a new tree kangaroo. Novitates Zoologicae 14:506.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2989682

Original name as described

Dendrolagus matschiei

Other common names

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2927

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84fa46ab-eb0c-42ed-86e4-cd39ccbd9f54

Type locality

"Rawlinson Mountains, German New Guinea, " (= Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000257

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Dendrolagus matschiei

Förster & W. Rothschild, 1907

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2927

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Rawlinson Mountains, German New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84fa46ab-eb0c-42ed-86e4-cd39ccbd9f54

Authority page

506

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2989682

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Matschie (1912:572, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43604644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69067)
Laurie & Hill (1954:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1979:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33257)
Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Flannery (1989:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69735)
Corbet & Hill (1991:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6433/21956650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendrolagus matschiei flavidior

Matschie, 1912

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

flavidior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22267

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

vom Sattelberge

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.

Authority page

572

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43604644

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1912:572, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43604644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69067)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dendrolagus deltae

Troughton & Le Souef, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

deltae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5418

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

region of Mount Pratt, in the north-eastern area of the Delta Division of Papua.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands Province.

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709814

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Dendrolagus matschiei xanthotis

W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

xanthotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2929

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cromwell Mountains, near Finisterre Range, North-east New Guinea. Altitude 7000 feet. Collected by Mr. F. Shaw Mayer in June 1931.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8d945f2d-dc5b-4981-b230-e690724a06fa

Authority page

483

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

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