Lowlands tree-kangaroo
| Lowlands tree-kangaroo[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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[]
- Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
- Marsupials of Oceania
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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Macropods
- Marsupials of Oceania
- Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Vulnerable fauna of Oceania
- Mammals described in 1936
- Diprotodont stubs