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 ![]() | |
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 | |
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
[edit]The genus contains the following species:
- Black dorcopsis (Dorcopsis atrata)
- White-striped dorcopsis (Dorcopsis hageni)
- Gray dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa)
- Brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri)
References
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.