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Dorcopsulus

Dorcopsulus macleayi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
See text

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:

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.

External links

Media related to Dorcopsulus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Dorcopsulus at Wikispecies

Extant Diprotodontia species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Suborder Vombatiformes

Phascolarctidae

Phascolarctos	Koala (P. cinereus)

Vombatidae
(wombats)

Vombatus	Common wombat (V. ursinus)
Lasiorhinus	Southern hairy-nosed wombat (L. latifrons) Northern hairy-nosed wombat (L. krefftii)

Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums)

Phalangeridae
(including cuscuses)

Ailurops (bear cuscuses)	Talaud bear cuscus (A. melanotis) Sulawesi bear cuscus (A. ursinus)
Phalanger	Gebe cuscus (P. alexandrae) Mountain cuscus (P. carmelitae) Ground cuscus (P. gymnotis) Eastern common cuscus (P. intercastellanus) Woodlark cuscus (P. lullulae) Blue-eyed cuscus (P. matabiru) Telefomin cuscus (P. matanim) Southern common cuscus (P. mimicus) Northern common cuscus (P. orientalis) Ornate cuscus (P. ornatus) Rothschild's cuscus (P. rothschildi) Silky cuscus (P. sericeus) Stein's cuscus (P. vestitus)
Spilocuscus	Admiralty Island cuscus (S. kraemeri) Common spotted cuscus (S. maculatus) Waigeou cuscus (S. papuensis) Black-spotted cuscus (S. rufoniger) Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (S. wilsoni)
Strigocuscus	Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (S. celebensis) Banggai cuscus (S. pelegensis)
Trichosurus (brushtail possums)	Northern brushtail possum (T. arnhemensis) Short-eared possum (T. caninus) Mountain brushtail possum (T. cunninghami) Coppery brushtail possum (T. johnstonii) Common brushtail possum (T. vulpecula)
Wyulda	Scaly-tailed possum (W. squamicaudata)

Burramyidae
(pygmy possums)

Burramys	Mountain pygmy possum (B. parvus)
Cercartetus	Long-tailed pygmy possum (C. caudatus) Western pygmy possum (C. concinnus) Tasmanian pygmy possum (C. lepidus) Eastern pygmy possum (C. nanus)

Tarsipedidae

Tarsipes	Honey possum (T. rostratus)

Petauridae

Dactylopsila	Great-tailed triok (D. megalura) Long-fingered triok (D. palpator) Tate's triok (D. tatei) Striped possum (D. trivirgata)
Gymnobelideus	Leadbeater's possum (G. leadbeateri)
Petaurus	Northern glider (P. abidi) Yellow-bellied glider (P. australis) Biak glider (P. biacensis) Sugar glider (P. breviceps) Mahogany glider (P. gracilis) Squirrel glider (P. norfolcensis)

Pseudocheiridae

Hemibelideus	Lemur-like ringtail possum (H. lemuroides)
Petauroides (greater gliders)	Central greater glider (P. armillatus) Northern greater glider (P. minor) Southern greater glider (P. volans)
Petropseudes	Rock-haunting ringtail possum (P. dahli)
Pseudocheirus	Common ringtail possum (P. peregrinus)
Pseudochirulus	Lowland ringtail possum (P. canescens) Weyland ringtail possum (P. caroli) Cinereus ringtail possum (P. cinereus) Painted ringtail possum (P. forbesi) Herbert River ringtail possum (P. herbertensis) Masked ringtail possum (P. larvatus) Pygmy ringtail possum (P. mayeri) Vogelkop ringtail possum (P. schlegeli)
Pseudochirops	D'Albertis's ringtail possum (P. albertisii) Green ringtail possum (P. archeri) Plush-coated ringtail possum (P. corinnae) Reclusive ringtail possum (P. coronatus) Coppery ringtail possum (P. cupreus)

Acrobatidae

Acrobates	Feathertail glider (A. pygmaeus)
Distoechurus	Feather-tailed possum (D. pennatus)

Suborder Macropodiformes

Macropodidae
(includes wallabies)

Lagostrophus	Banded hare-wallaby (L. fasciatus)
Dendrolagus (tree-kangaroos)	Bennett's tree-kangaroo (D. bennettianus) Doria's tree-kangaroo (D. dorianus) Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (D. goodfellowi) Grizzled tree-kangaroo (D. inustus) Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (D. lumholtzi) Matschie's tree-kangaroo (D. matschiei) Dingiso (D. mbaiso) Ifola (D. notatus) Golden-mantled tree-kangaroo (D. pulcherrimus) Lowlands tree-kangaroo (D. spadix) Tenkile (D. scottae) Seri's tree-kangaroo (D. stellarum) Ursine tree-kangaroo (D. ursinus)
Dorcopsis	Black dorcopsis (D. atrata) White-striped dorcopsis (D. hageni) Gray dorcopsis (D. luctuosa) Brown dorcopsis (D. muelleri)
Dorcopsulus	Macleay's dorcopsis (D. macleayi) Small dorcopsis (D. vanheurni)
Lagorchestes (hare-wallabies)	Spectacled hare-wallaby (L. conspicillatus) Rufous hare-wallaby (L. hirsutus)
Macropus	Western grey kangaroo (M. fuliginosus) Eastern grey kangaroo (M. giganteus)
Notamacropus	Agile wallaby (N. agilis) Black-striped wallaby (N. dorsalis) Tammar wallaby (N. eugenii) Western brush wallaby (N. irma) Parma wallaby (N. parma) Whiptail wallaby (N. parryi) Red-necked wallaby (N. rufogriseus)
Onychogalea (nail-tail wallabies)	Bridled nail-tail wallaby (O. fraenata) Northern nail-tail wallaby (O. unguifera)
Osphranter	Antilopine kangaroo (O. antilopinus) Black wallaroo (O. bernardus) Common wallaroo (O. robustus) Red kangaroo (O. rufus)
Petrogale (rock-wallabies)	P. brachyotis species group: Short-eared rock-wallaby (P. brachyotis) Monjon (P. burbidgei) Nabarlek (P. concinna) Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby (P. wilkinsi) P. xanthopus species group: Proserpine rock-wallaby (P. persephone) Rothschild's rock-wallaby (P. rothschildi) Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (P. xanthopus) P. lateralis/penicillata species group: Allied rock-wallaby (P. assimilis) Cape York rock-wallaby (P. coenensis) Godman's rock-wallaby (P. godmani) Herbert's rock-wallaby (P. herberti) Unadorned rock-wallaby (P. inornata) Black-flanked rock-wallaby (P. lateralis) Mareeba rock-wallaby (P. mareeba) Brush-tailed rock-wallaby (P. penicillata) Purple-necked rock-wallaby (P. purpureicollis) Mount Claro rock-wallaby (P. sharmani)
Setonix	Quokka (S. brachyurus)
Thylogale (pademelons)	Tasmanian pademelon (T. billardierii) Brown's pademelon (T. browni) Dusky pademelon (T. brunii) Calaby's pademelon (T. calabyi) Mountain pademelon (T. lanatus) Red-legged pademelon (T. stigmatica) Red-necked pademelon (T. thetis)
Wallabia	Swamp wallaby (W. bicolor)

Potoroidae

Aepyprymnus	Rufous rat-kangaroo (A. rufescens)
Bettongia (bettongs)	Eastern bettong (B. gaimardi) Boodie (B. lesueur) Woylie (B. penicillata) Northern bettong (B. tropica)
Potorous (potoroos)	Long-footed potoroo (P. longipes) Long-nosed potoroo (P. tridactylus) Gilbert's potoroo (P. gilbertii)

Hypsiprymnodontidae

Hypsiprymnodon	Musky rat-kangaroo (H. moschatus)

Taxon identifiers
Dorcopsulus	Wikidata: Q280752 Wikispecies: Dorcopsulus ADW: Dorcopsulus BOLD: 914765 CoL: 632W7 EoL: 41894 GBIF: 2440202 iNaturalist: 42978 IRMNG: 1009159 ITIS: 552444 MSW: 11000231 NCBI: 69269 Open Tree of Life: 567248 Paleobiology Database: 234856

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