Dendrolagus scottae

Flannery & Seri, 1990

Scott's Tree Kangaroo

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

Flannery, T.F. and Seri, L. 1990-11-16. Dendrolagus scottae n.sp. (Marsupialia: Macropodidae): a new tree-kangaroo from Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 42(3):237-245.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.117

Original name as described

Dendrolagus scottae

Other common names

Tenkile · Tenkile Tree Kangaroo

Type material

AM M.19481

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"about 1, 400 m on Sweipini (3°23'S, 142°06'E), a ridge just to the west of the Mount Somoro summit, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000262

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Dendrolagus scottae

Flannery & Seri, 1990

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

scottae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.19481

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at about 1, 400 m on Sweipini (3°23'S 142°06'E), a ridge just to the west of the Mount Somoro summit, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Sandaun Province: 3°23′S, 142°6′E.

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

Groves (1993:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6435/21956375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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