Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo

discussion

Remarks. Collett (1887 b) provided an additional detailed description of the six specimens and listed specimen (F) as “ The typical specimen ”. Specimens (B), (C), and (D) were donated to the British Museum (Natural History Museum, London: 1884.4.18.2), Museo Civico at Genoa (present status not verified), and the Zoological Museum at Copenhagen (Natural History Museum, Copenhagen: ZMUC M 241), respectively.

The mammal type specimens at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway

materials_examined

Syntypes: NHMO 1864 (F), male, mounted skin with cranium; NHMO 1868 (A), juv., mounted skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, February 1883; NHMO 1869 (E), skin with incomplete skeleton (no head), collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, January 1883; (B), male juv., skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, January 1883; (C), female juv., skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, January 1883; (D), unsexed, skin with cranium, collected by C. Lumholtz at Herbert Vale, Northern Queensland, January 1883.

The mammal type specimens at the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway

distribution

Distribution: NE Queensland (Australia), Kirrima north to Mt. Spurgeon, 300 to 1622 m.

Order Diprotodontia

activity

Activity patterns. Displays a low level of activity overall, punctuated by bouts of movement and foraging throughout the diel period. Spends the day high in canopy, descending lower in canopy and moving between trees mainly during night. During daylight hours, usually extremely well concealed in vine tangles, clumps of ferns, or dense canopy foliage. May bask in morning sun in winter. Mostly arboreal; comes to ground only when threatened or to move between distant feed trees and habitat patches.

Macropodidae