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Dendrolagus matschiei (Huon tree-kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Dendrolagus matschiei was named by Forster and Rothschild (1907). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Dendrolagus matschiei Forster and Rothschild
2005Dendrolagus matschiei Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusDendrolagusMüller 1840
speciesmatschieiForster and Rothschild 1907

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.

Dendrolagus matschiei Forster and Rothschild 1907 [Huon tree-kangaroo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:33:17
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:33:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available