Dorcopsis atrata

Van Deusen, 1957

Black Forest Wallaby

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Van Deusen, H.M. 1957-04-13. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 76. A new species of wallaby (genus Dorcopsis) from Goodenough Island, Papua. American Museum Novitates 1826:1-25.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63315884

Original name as described

Dorcopsis atrata

Other common names

Black Dorcopsis · Goodenough Island Wallaby

Type material

AMNH M-157276

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-157276

Type locality

"near ‘Top Camp, ' east slopes of Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, Territory of Papua, at an elevation of about 1600 meters, " Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000266

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Dorcopsis atrata

Van Deusen, 1957

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

atrata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-157276

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near "Top Camp, " east slopes of Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Group, Territory of Papua, at an elevation of about 1600 meters

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Milne Bay Province.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-157276

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63315884

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Van Deusen (1957:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63315884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32872)
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 (2015:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6794/21952571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Eldridge, Phillips, Pratt, Neaves, Helgen & Potter (2026:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72664)

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