New Guinean forest wallabies
Dorcopsis Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845
Dorcopsis is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. The members of the genus are found on the island of New Guinea.
The fossil record of the genus is scant, coming only from Pliocene southeastern Australia in the form of one species (Dorcopsis wintercookorum) and indeterminate fossil teeth attributed to the genus Dorcopsis.
4 species · 4 branches
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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References
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
- Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al. (2020). Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia.
- Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds. (2015). Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vols. 1 & 2.
- Nowak, Ronald M. (1991). Walker’s Mammals of the World, Vol. 1, 5th Ed.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.