Dorcopsis macleayi

Miklouho-Maclay, 1885

Macleay's Forest Wallaby

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Macropodoidea
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Tribe: Dorcopsini
Genus: Dorcopsis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miklouho-Maclay, N. 1885. On two new species of Dorcopsis from the south coast of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10:145-150.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6597743

Original name as described

Dorcopsis Macleayi

Other common names

Macleay's Dorcopsis · Macleay's Dorcopsulus · Papuan Dorcopsis · Papuan Forest Wallaby

Type material

MMUS M381

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"South Coast of New Guinea, inland from Hanuabada, " Port Moresby, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dorcopsulus to Dorcopsis

Taxonomy notes citation

Eldridge, M.D.B., Phillips, M.J., Pratt, R.C., Neaves, L.E., Helgen, K.M. and Potter, S. 2026. Phylogenetic analysis of the New Guinean forest wallabies, Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus reveals cryptic divergent lineages impacted by highland and lowland barriers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 217:108542. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108542

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000270

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Dorcopsis Macleayi

Miklouho-Maclay, 1885

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

macleayi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MMUS M381

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

South Coast of New Guinea, inland from Hanuabada.

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Central Province.

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6597743

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

Thomas (1888:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37986486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9306)
Trouessart (1898:1194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53436407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59287)
Trouessart (1905:837, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Thomas (1922:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24301057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15181)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:44, 45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Eldridge, Phillips, Pratt, Neaves, Helgen & Potter (2026:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72664)

Dorcopsulus macleayi:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Macropodidae

Root name

macleayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635643

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Flannery (1989:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69735)
Groves (1993:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6801/21952872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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