Dendrolagus dorianus

E. P. Ramsay, 1883

Doria's Tree Kangaroo

Also as Unicolored Tree Kangaroo.
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Location:Germany, Baden-Württemberg state, Stuttgart, Wilhelma ZooDate taken:1 January 1985Description:Also as Unicolored Tree Kangaroo.

Distribution :

Interior New Guinea: Wondiwoi Peninsula, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya); Papua New Guinea/Indonesian border to extreme SE of mainland Papua New Guinea, 600 to 3650 m.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3848

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

Ramsay, E.P. 1883-06-19. Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea. Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8:15-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6864491

Original name as described

Dendrolagus Dorianus

Other common names

Unicolored Tree Kangaroo

Type material

MMUS M.376, MMUS M.377, MMUS M.378

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"ranges behind Mt Astrolabe, " south-eastern Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000253

Country distribution map

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Dendrolagus Dorianus

E. P. Ramsay, 1883

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

dorianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MMUS M.376, MMUS M.377, MMUS M.378

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

the ranges behind Mt. Astrolabe.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6864491

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

Thomas (1888:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Trouessart (1898:1195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59287)
Trouessart (1905:837, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Laurie & Hill (1954:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:43) (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 (1993:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6427/21957392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendrolagus dorianus ab. loc. aureus

W. Rothschild & Dollman, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2934, BMNH:Mamm:1939.2938, BMNH:Mamm:1939.2939

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Aroa River, British New Guinea

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04c394a5-69b1-4f12-8799-4c86e87df2f8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13551816-ca97-425c-8a56-b6213c1d25ae https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/16cf5252-7255-42d7-9dbc-cd47946165a8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4dfa96b1-376f-4435-9432-717795e9f305 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e8dd38c-b74c-44db-8a03-07974308680f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dbef08fa-02e4-4ed1-a5a0-2a3cf1bce410

Authority page

490

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Dendrolagus dorianus palliceps

Troughton & Le Souef, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

palliceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Original type locality

Unfortunately, neither the locality or sex of the latter is indicated by Rothschild and Dollman

Type locality

Oceania: New Guinea.

Authority page

388

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Dendrolagus dorianus profugus

Troughton & Le Souef, 1936

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

profugus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province.

Authority page

389

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

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 dorianus aureus

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.2934, BMNH:Mamm:1939.2938, BMNH:Mamm:1939.2939

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Aroa River, Papua.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04c394a5-69b1-4f12-8799-4c86e87df2f8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13551816-ca97-425c-8a56-b6213c1d25ae https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/16cf5252-7255-42d7-9dbc-cd47946165a8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4dfa96b1-376f-4435-9432-717795e9f305 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e8dd38c-b74c-44db-8a03-07974308680f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dbef08fa-02e4-4ed1-a5a0-2a3cf1bce410

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635640

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Dendrolagus dorianus dorianus:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

dorianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635641

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

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