Lowlands tree-kangaroo
Appearance
Lowlands tree-kangaroo[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Dendrolagus |
Species: | D. spadix
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Binomial name | |
Dendrolagus spadix Troughton & Le Souef, 1936
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Lowlands tree-kangaroo range |
The lowlands tree-kangaroo or lowland tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus spadix) is a species of tree-kangaroo in the family Macropodidae.
The marsupial is endemic to the Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests ecoregion in southwestern Papua New Guinea, on New Guinea island.
- Conservation
Dendrolagus spadix is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species, threatened by habitat loss.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 61. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; et al. (2008). "Dendrolagus spadix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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