Dorcopsis [1] | |
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An illustration of a gray dorcopsis | |
A white-striped dorcopsis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
Genus: | Dorcopsis Schlegel and S. Müller, 1845 |
Type species | |
Didelphis brunii Quoy and Gaimard, 1830 | |
Species | |
See text |
Dorcopsis is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. [2] The members of the genus are found on the island of New Guinea.
The genus contains the following species:
A fifth as-yet-undescribed dark-colored species (30cm high) was discovered in the Foja Mountains in northern West Papua in 2008.
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