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Black Dorcopsis
Plate 1 of 2. J G Keulemans, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Black Dorcopsis

Dorcopsis atrata

The black dorcopsis or black forest wallaby (Dorcopsis atrata) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to an island at the eastern end of New Guinea where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting, its population is declining and the IUCN lists it as being "Critically endangered".

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42939.