Dorcopsis

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Dorcopsis [1]
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An illustration of a gray dorcopsis
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A white-striped dorcopsis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Genus: Dorcopsis
Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845
Type species
Didelphis brunii
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
(= Macropus muelleri Lesson, 1827)
Species

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Dorcopsis is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. [2] The members of the genus are found on the island of New Guinea.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

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References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.