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Dorcopsis (New Guinea forest wallaby)
Taxonomy
Dorcopsis was named by Schlegel and Müller (1845). It is extant. Its type is Didelphis brunii.
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Flannery et al. (1989), Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Flannery et al. (1989), Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1845 | Dorcopsis Schlegel and Müller |
1989 | Dorcopsis Flannery et al. |
1997 | Dorcopsis McKenna and Bell |
1998 | Dorcopsis Burk et al. p. 466 |
2005 | Dorcopsis Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Dorcopsis Schlegel and Müller 1845 [New Guinea forest wallaby]
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Dorcopsis atrata Van Deusen 1957 [Black dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis hageni Heller 1897 [White-striped dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis luctuosa D'Albertis 1874 [Grey dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis muelleri Lesson 1827 [Brown dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis veterum Lesson and Garnot 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available