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Dorcopsulus

Dorcopsulus macleayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Subfamily:	Macropodinae
Genus:	Dorcopsulus Matschie, 1916
Type species
Dorcopsis macleayi Miklouho-Maclay, 1885
Species
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Dorcopsulus distribution D. vanheurni in red, D. macleayi in blue

Dorcopsulus is a genus of small marsupials in the family Macropodidae, known as forest wallabies. They are native to rainforests and montane forests of New Guinea.

Species

The genus contains the following species:^[1]

Macleay's dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi)
Small dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus vanheurni)

References

↑ 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. p. 62. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

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