Grizzled Tree-kangaroo

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Grizzled Tree-kangaroo[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Dendrolagus
Species: D. inustus
Binomial name
Dendrolagus inustus
Müller, 1840

The Grizzled Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in foothill forest in northern and western New Guinea.[3] It is also known from the island of Yapen, while its occurrence on Salawati and Waigeo is uncertain.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 60. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Dendrolagus inustus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
  3. ^ Flannery, T. 1995. Mammals of New Guinea. Reed Books. ISBN 0 7301 0411 7
  4. ^ Flannery, T. 1995. Mammals of the south-west Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Reed Books. ISBN 0 7301 0417 6