Dorcopsulus
| Dorcopsulus | |
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| Dorcopsulus macleayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Dorcopsulus Matschie, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Dorcopsis macleayi Miklouho-Maclay, 1885
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Dorcopsulus is a genus of small marsupials in the family Macropodidae, known as forest wallabies. They are native to dry forests of New Guinea.
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Macleay's dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi)
- Small dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus vanheurni)
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 62. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
External links
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Media related to Dorcopsulus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dorcopsulus at Wikispecies
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