The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Monotremes and Marsupials

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Lagorchestes
Four species (two of which are extinct).



Lake Mackay (Central) Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes asomatus
Monotypic.

Extinct. Known only from one specimen collected in 1932, which was preserved only as the skull.


This species is not represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Spectacled Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes conspicillatus
Two subspecies: conspicillatus and leichardti.

Formerly found across northern Australia, now mostly gone from Western Australia but still widespread across the Northern Territory and Queensland (leichardti). The nominate subspecies conspicillatus is restricted to Barrow Island off Western Australia.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Territory Wildlife Park, Australia (mainland subspecies leichardti).

spectacled hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes conspicillatus) | ZooChat


Rufous Hare Wallaby or Mala Lagorchestes hirsutus
Possibly monotypic. Four subspecies have been recognised but they are all similar genetically: bernieri, dorreae, hirsutus, and an unnamed one from Central Australia.

Formerly found throughout the central and western Australian deserts. Now restricted mainly to small islands off Western Australia, on Bernier (bernieri) and Dorre (dorreae). The extinct subspecies hirsutus was from the mainland of southwestern Australia. The unnamed Central Australian population became extinct in the wild in 1991 but survives in captivity and as translocations to offshore islands.


Photo by @Najade at Barna Mia, Australia (if separated to subspecies, this would be of the unnamed mainland one).

Rufous Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus) | ZooChat


Eastern Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes leporides
Monotypic.

Extinct. Last recorded in 1889. Formerly found in the inland grasslands of southeastern Australia.


Photo by @Najade at the South Australian Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen).

Eastern Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes leporides) | ZooChat

 

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Setonix
One species.



Quokka Setonix brachyurus
Monotypic.

Endemic to southwest Western Australia. They are best-known from Rottnest Island, where they are common, but are still found on the mainland as well although rare.


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Australia.

Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) | ZooChat

 

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Thylogale
Seven species, four of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Red-bellied or Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii
Monotypic.

Now found only on Tasmania. Formerly the species also occurred in coastal Victoria and southeastern South Australia.


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Australia.

Red-bellied Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) | ZooChat


Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii
Monotypic. Formerly Thylogale browni and Thylogale lanatus were included within this species.

Found in the Trans-Fly region of southern New Guinea, and in the Kai and Aru Islands.


Photo by @Javan Rhino at Magdeburg Zoo, Germany.

Dusky pademelon | ZooChat


Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica
Four subspecies: coxeni, oriomo, stigmatica, wilcoxi. There may be more than one species in this group - they are morphologically variable as can be seen in the photo selection below, and geographically separated.

Found in three separate populations down the east coast of Australia, from Queensland's Cape York Peninsula (coxeni), Cairns area (stigmatica), and in southern Queensland to central NSW (wilcoxi); and also in the Fly region of southern New Guinea (oriomo).


Photo by @Baldur at Kuranda Koala Gardens, Australia (subspecies coxeni or stigmatica?).

Kuranda Koala Gardens - Red-Legged Pademelon | ZooChat


Photo by @Najade at Cairns Wildlife Dome, Australia (subspecies stigmatica).

Red-legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica) | ZooChat


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 in the wild, Australia (subspecies wilcoxi).

https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/red-legged-pademelon.677396/


Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis
Monotypic.

Found down the east coast of Australia, from south-central Queensland south to southern NSW.


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 in the wild, Australia.

Red-necked Pademelon - ZooChat



The remaining three species of Thylogale, all from New Guinea, are not represented in the Zoochat galleries:


Brown's Pademelon Thylogale browni
Monotypic.

Found in northeastern New Guinea, and introduced prehistorically to some of the islands to the east including New Britain and New Ireland.


Mountain Pademelon Thylogale lanatus
Monotypic.

Endemic to the mountains of the Huon Peninsula in eastern Papua New Guinea.


Calaby's Pademelon Thylogale calabyi
Monotypic.

Found only in alpine grasslands in Papua New Guinea where it is known from only three relictual locations, at Mount Albert Edwards, Mount Giluwe, and Mount Wilhelm. The populations at the latter two locations are thought to have become extinct recently.

 

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Macropus
Two species, both of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.

Taxonomic note: The genus Macropus has been split recently into three separate genera (Macropus, Osphranter, Notamacropus). I have followed this here.



Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Two subspecies: fuliginosus and melanops.

Found across most of southern Australia. The subspecies fuliginosus is restricted to Kangaroo Island off South Australia, while the subspecies melanops ranges from the coasts of Western Australia east to inland Victoria, NSW and Queensland. There is a distributional overlap with the Eastern Grey Kangaroo M. giganteus in inland areas of the eastern states.


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia (subspecies fuliginosus).

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo | ZooChat


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Australia (subspecies melanops).

Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) | ZooChat


Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Two subspecies: giganteus and tasmaniensis.

Found throughout the eastern states of Australia (giganteus), and in Tasmania (tasmaniensis).


Photo by @Javan Rhino in Zoo Krefeld, Germany (subspecies giganteus).

Eastern grey kangaroo | ZooChat


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Australia (subspecies tasmaniensis).

Tasmanian Grey Kangaroos (Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis) | ZooChat

 

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Osphranter
Four species, all of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.

Taxonomic note: The genus Macropus has been split recently into three separate genera (Macropus, Osphranter, Notamacropus). I have followed this here.



Antilopine Kangaroo Osphranter antilopinus
Monotypic.

Found right across northern Australia, from the Kimberley east to Cape York Peninsula.


Photo by @Najade at Territory Wildlife Park, Australia.

Antilopine Wallaroo (Macropus antilopinus) | ZooChat


Black Wallaroo Osphranter bernadus
Monotypic.

Endemic to a small area of eastern Arnhemland in Australia's Northern Territory.


Photo by @Terry Thomas in the wild (?), Australia.

Black wallaroo 2 | ZooChat


Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus
Three or four subspecies: erubescens, robustus, woodwardi. The subspecies from Barrow Island, isabellinus, is probably not valid.

Found over most of Australia. The range of erubescens covers the majority of the country, with otherwise robustus being restricted to the east coast and woodwardi restricted mainly to the Kimberley of Western Australia. The subspecies isabellinus, if recognised, is found only on Barrow Island off western Australia.


Photo by @Javan Rhino at Opel Zoo Kronberg, Germany (subspecies erubescens).

West Australian euro | ZooChat


Photo by @vogelcommando at Zoo Duisburg, Germany (male of subspecies robustus).

Eastern wallaroo | ZooChat


Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Monotypic.

Found over most of Australia, excluding most of the coastal regions other than in the west and south.


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia (male at rear, female with joey in front).

Red Kangaroo family - ZooChat

 

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Notamacropus
Eight species, all of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries (albeit with one extinct species only represented by a museum specimen).

Taxonomic note: The genus Macropus has been split recently into three separate genera (Macropus, Osphranter, Notamacropus). I have followed this here.



Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
Four subspecies: agilis, jardinii, nigrescens, papuanus.

Found across northern Australia and in southern New Guinea: agilis is from the Northern Territory; jardinii is from Queensland; nigrescens is from the Kimberley and Arnhemland in Western Australia; and papuanus is from the southern savannah regions of New Guinea.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Territory Wildlife Park, Australia (subspecies agilis).

Northern agile wallaby (Macropus agilis agilis) | ZooChat


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia (subspecies jardinii).

Agile Wallaby | ZooChat


Photo by @Vision at Taman Safari 2, Indonesia (subspecies papuanus).

Agile wallaby, Macropus agilis (papuanus?) | ZooChat


Black-striped Wallaby Notamacropus dorsalis
Monotypic.

Found throughout southeast Queensland, extending into inland NSW.


Photo by @Najade at Phillip Island Wildlife Park, Australia.

Black-striped Wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) | ZooChat


Tammar Wallaby Notamacropus eugenii
Two subspecies: derbianus and eugenii. The Kangaroo Island population is sometimes separated from eugenii, as N. e. decres.

Formerly found across southern Australia, but now only remnant populations remain in southwest Western Australia (derbianus), on Kangaroo Island off South Australia (decres if separated), and in New Zealand to which they were introduced from southeast Australia in 1870 (eugenii). Animals from the New Zealand population have been imported back into Australia for reintroductions.


Photo by @Chlidonias at Moonlit Sanctuary, Australia (subspecies eugenii).

tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) | ZooChat


Toolache Wallaby Notamacropus greyii
Monotypic.

Extinct. The last wild record was in 1924 and the last animal in captivity died in 1939. It was known only from a small area of southeast Australia, in the border area of southeast South Australia and southwest Victoria.


Photo by @Najade at the South Australian Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen).

Toolache Wallaby (Macropus greyi) | ZooChat


Western Brush Wallaby Notamacropus irma
Monotypic.

Endemic to southwest Western Australia.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Perth Zoo, Australia (showing the characteristic back-stripes).

western brush wallaby (Macropus irma) | ZooChat


Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma
Monotypic.

Known historically only from NSW in eastern Australia. The species was thought to have become extinct some time before the end of the 1800s, but was unexpectedly rediscovered on New Zealand's Kawau Island in 1965 (having been introduced there in 1870 but misidentified as Tammar Wallabies N. eugenii which were also common on Kawau), and in 1967 it was also rediscovered in NSW. Animals from the New Zealand population have also since been imported back into Australia for reintroductions.


Photo by @vogelcommando at Wisbroek Breeding Centre, Netherlands.

Parma wallaby | ZooChat


Pretty-faced or Whiptail Wallaby Notamacropus parryi
Monotypic.

Found down the eastern coast of Australia from northeast Queensland to north NSW.


Photo by @Hix at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Australia.

Prettyface or Whiptail Wallaby | ZooChat


Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus
Two subspecies: banksianus and rufogriseus. The subspecies fruticus was formerly used for Tasmanian animals (with rufogriseus restricted to animals from King Island).

Found down eastern Australia from southern Queensland to Victoria (banksianus) and on Tasmania and some of the islands in Bass Strait (rufogriseus). The subspecies fruticus was formerly used for Tasmanian animals, with rufogriseus then being restricted to animals from King Island. The subspecies rufogriseus was introduced to New Zealand's South Island in 1870, where it is now very common (with population estimates ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of animals), and there are also small introduced populations in the UK and France.


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia (subspecies banksianus).

Rednecked Wallaby | ZooChat


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Australia (subspecies rufogriseus).

Bennett's Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) | ZooChat

 

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Wallabia
One species.



Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
Five subspecies: apicalis, bicolor, ingrami, mastersii, welsbyi. Probably not all of these subspecies are valid. Few zoo holdings are listed to subspecies, although most are probably the nominate bicolor.

Distributed down the entire eastern side of Australia, from the top of Queensland south to Victoria. Also introduced to Kawau Island in New Zealand, where a small population persists. The nominate subspecies bicolor is from NSW and Victoria (and formerly southeastern South Australia), while the other named subspecies above are all from Queensland, with apicalis from the Cape York Peninsula; mastersii from the Cairns area in northeast Queensland; ingrami from Queensland south of Cairns; and welsbyi on Stradbroke Island off Brisbane in southeast Queensland.


Photo by @Maguari at Burgers Zoo, Netherlands.

Swamp Wallaby at Burgers Zoo Arnhem, 30/05/12 | ZooChat


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia (subspecies bicolor).

Swamp Wallaby | ZooChat

 

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Onychogalea
Three species (one extinct), all of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata
Monotypic. There is dispute over the spelling of the specific name, either fraenata or frenata.

Formerly common throughout inland eastern Australia, from Queensland to Victoria. It was believed to have been hunted to extinction in the mid-20th Century, with no recorded sightings from 1937 until 1973 when it was rediscovered in Queensland in what is now Taunton National Park. The current distribution is scattered across several locations in Queensland and NSW (all reintroductions apart for the initial rediscovered population).


Photo by @LaughingDove at David Fleay Wildlife Park, Australia.

Bridled Nailtail Wallaby | ZooChat


Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea lunata
Monotypic.

Extinct since about the 1950s. Formerly found throughout the arid and semi-arid country from the west coast across central and southern Australia.


Photo by @Najade at the South Australian Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen).

Crescent Nailtail-wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) | ZooChat


Northern Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea unguifera
Two subspecies: annulicauda and unguifera.

Found across northern Australia from the western side of Queensland's Cape York Peninsula to the Kimberley in Western Australia, with annulicauda in the east of the range and unguifera in the west.


Photo by @Najade at Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas, Australia (subspecies annulicauda).

Northern Nailtail-wallaby (Onychogalea unguifera) | ZooChat

 

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Petrogale
Seventeen species, of which sixteen are represented in the Zoochat galleries. The genus contains many monotypic species, several of which were formerly considered subspecies of other taxa.


The only species not yet represented is the Cape York Rock Wallaby Petrogale coenensis, found in north-central Cape York Peninsula.



Allied Rock Wallaby Petrogale assimilis
Monotypic.

Found in the hinterland of the Townsville area in northeast Queensland, and on Magnetic and Palm Islands off the coast.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Allied Rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) | ZooChat


Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis
Two subspecies: brachyotis, victoriae. The Wilkins' Rock Wallaby Petrogale wilkinsi was also formerly teated as a subspecies.

Found in northern Australia, from northern Western Australia (brachyotis) and the top of the Northern Territory (victoriae).


Photo by @Najade at Perth Zoo, Australia (subspecies brachyotis).

Short-eared Rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) | ZooChat


Monjon Petrogale burbidgei
Monotypic.

Restricted to coastal Kimberley in northwest Australia, and some of the islands directly offshore.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) - ZooChat


Nabarlek Petrogale concinna
Three subspecies: canescens, concinna, monastria.

Found in northern and northwest Australia in three discreet populations: canescens in Arnhemland; concinna in the Top End of the Northern Territory; and monastria in the Kimberley.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Territory Wildlife Park, Australia (subspecies canescens).

nabarlek (Petrogale concinna) | ZooChat


Godman's Rock Wallaby Petrogale godmani
Monotypic.

Found in the east Cape York Peninsula (south of P. coenensis and north of P. mareeba).


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Godman's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani) | ZooChat


Herbert's Rock Wallaby Petrogale herberti
Monotypic.

From southeast Queensland, roughly from south of Rockhampton down to north of Brisbane.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Herbert's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) | ZooChat


Unadorned Rock Wallaby Petrogale inornata
Monotypic.

From east-central Queensland, roughly from Townsville south to Rockhampton (south of P. assimilis and north of P. herberti), and also on Whitsunday Island off the Queensland coast.


Photo by @Sunbear12 at Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, Australia.

Unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata) - ZooChat

 

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Black-flanked or Black-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis
Three subspecies: hacketti, lateralis, pearsoni. Two other populations, the "MacDonnell Ranges race" and the "Kimberley race", may represent additional subspecies. Perhaps a species-complex.

Very widely distributed across the western half of Australia, with scattered populations found through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and South Australia. Currently there is one named subspecies recognised across this mainland distribution (the nominate lateralis), although the populations in the MacDonnell Ranges in the southern Northern Territory and the Kimberley in northwest Western Australia probably represent additional subspecies. A further two subspecies are recognised from offshore islands: hacketti from the Recherche Islands off the south coast of Western Australia, and pearsoni from Pearson Island off South Australia.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia (subspecies lateralis).

Black-footed Rock-wallabies (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) | ZooChat


Photo by @Najade at Monarto Zoo, Australia (of the MacDonnell Ranges race).

Black-flanked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) | ZooChat


Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba
Monotypic.

Found inland from Cairns in northeast Queensland (south of P. godmani and north of P. sharmani and P. assimilis).


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Mareeba Rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) | ZooChat


Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata
No subspecies named, but it is known to have several genetically-discrete populations.

Found in southeastern Australia along the Great Dividing Range from southeast Queensland to Victoria. Introduced to Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands where a small population persists, and to some small islands off northern New Zealand (now eradicated).


Photo by @Chlidonias at Featherdale Wildlife Park, Australia.

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) - ZooChat


Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone
Monotypic.

Found in a very small area of the east-central Queensland coast, within the range of P. inornata.


Photo by @Hix at David Fleay Wildlife Park, Australia.

Proserpine Rock Wallaby | ZooChat


Purple-necked Rock Wallaby Petrogale purpureicollis
Monotypic. Formerly considered a subspecies of Black-flanked Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis.

Found in inland northwest Queensland.


Photo uploaded by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Purple-necked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale purpureicollis) | ZooChat


Rothschild's Rock Wallaby Petrogale rothschildi
Monotypic.

Found only in the Pilbara district of northwest Western Australia, including some of the offshore islands.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Rothschild's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale rothschildi) - ZooChat

(Another photo which is sharper but taken at night so does not show the colouration, is here: Rothschild's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale rothschildi) | ZooChat).


Mount Claro Rock Wallaby Petrogale sharmani
Monotypic.

Restricted to the Seaview and Coane Ranges, near Ingham in northeast Queensland (south of P. mareeba and northeast of P. assimilis).


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia.

Sharman's Rock-wallaby (Petrogale sharmani) | ZooChat


Wilkins' Rock Wallaby Petrogale wilkinsi
Monotypic. Formerly considered a subspecies of Short-eared Rock Wallaby Petrogale brachyotis.

Found in the Northern Territory, in the Kakadu and Litchfield National Park areas.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Territory Wildlife Park, Australia.

eastern short-eared rock-wallaby or Wilkins' rock-wallaby (Petrogale wilkinsi) | ZooChat


Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale xanthopus
Two subspecies: celeris and xanthopus.

Found in inland eastern Australia, in southwest Queensland (celeris) and in western NSW and South Australia (xanthopus).


Photo by @Veno at Saitama Childrens Zoo, Japan (subspecies celeris).

Queensland yellow-footed rock-wallaby - ZooChat


Photo by @ro6ca66 at Bristol Zoo, UK (subspecies xanthopus).

Yellow-footed rock wallaby : Bristol : 22 Sep 2015 | ZooChat

 

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Dorcopsis
Four species, three of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Black Dorcopsis Dorcopsis atrata
Monotypic.

Endemic to Goodenough Island, off eastern Papua New Guinea.


This species is not represented in the Zoochat galleries.


White-striped Dorcopsis Dorcopsis hageni
Monotypic.

Found across northern New Guinea.

Photographic note: There is some debate as to whether the Dorcopsis in European zoos are actually D. hageni or if they are the Brown Dorcopsis D. muelleri. They lack the white dorsal stripe of D. hageni, and Zootierliste lists them as being D. muelleri. The animals at Avilon Zoo in the Philippines (pictured below) look similar to the European animals.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Avilon Zoo, Philippines, showing the way these wallabies use the tail as a prop.

White-striped dorcopsis (Dorcopsis hageni) - ZooChat


Grey Dorcopsis Dorcopsis luctuosa
Two subspecies: luctuosa and phyllis.

Found across southern New Guinea, with luctuosa on the southeast peninsula of Papua New Guinea, and phyllis in the Trans-Fly region.


Photo by @gentle lemur at Wilhelma (Stuttgart) Zoo, Germany (subspecies probably luctuosa).

At the time of this photo (1973) the animal was identified by the zoo as Dorcopsis muelleri, with which luctuosa was formerly considered conspecific.

New Guinea mountain wallaby 1973 | ZooChat


Brown Dorcopsis Dorcopsis muelleri
Four subspecies: lorentzii, muelleri, mysoliae, yapeni.

Found in the lowland forests of western New Guinea, including some of the large offshore islands: lorentzii is from the southern parts of western New Guinea; muelleri from the Vogelkop Peninsula and east to Triton Bay; mysoliae from Misool Island; and yapeni from Japen Island and perhaps the neighbouring mainland. The population on Salawati Island may be a distinct subspecies, otherwise included in the nominate muelleri.


Photo by @Michal Sloviak at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic.

Brown Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri) | ZooChat

 

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Dorcopsulus
Two species, neither of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries. The genus was at one time combined in Dorcopsis.



Macleay's Dorcopsis Dorcopsulus macleayi
Monotypic.

Found only along the southeastern peninsula of Papua New Guinea.


Small Dorcopsis Dorcopsulus vanheurni
Monotypic.

Found throughout the central ranges of New Guinea, including down the southeast peninsula of Papua New Guinea and on the Huon Peninsula.

 

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Dendrolagus
Thirteen species recognised here, of which seven are represented in the Zoochat galleries (one only by a museum specimen), but the treatments of species versus subspecies is extremely varied in this genus.



Bennett's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus bennettianus
Monotypic.

Endemic to a small area of the Wet Tropics in northeast Queenland in Australia (just north of the range of D. lumholtzi).


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 at the Queensland Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen).

Bennett's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) | ZooChat


Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus
Two subspecies: dorianus and notatus.

Found only in Papua New Guinea, on the southeastern peninsula (dorianus) and in the central ranges (notatus). These two subspecies are split as full species by some authors (with D. notatus being known as the Ifola Tree Kangaroo). The Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo D. mayri is also typically considered a subspecies of D. dorianus but it is so geographically isolated that it seems logical to treat it separately.


Photo by @gentle lemur at Wilhelma Zoo, Germany (subspecies dorianus).

Doria's tree kangaroo, August 1973 | ZooChat


Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi
Two subspecies: buergersi and goodfellowi. The subspecies shawmayeri is probably a synonym of buergersi. Seri's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus stellarum and the Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus were formerly also included as subspecies. All forms of goodfellowi were also previously included in Dendrolagus matschiei.

Found in Papua New Guinea, in the central ranges (buergersi) and down the southeastern peninsula (goodfellowi).


Photo by @Hix at Taronga Zoo, Australia (subspecies buergersi).

Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo | ZooChat


Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus
Two subspecies: finschi and inustus.

Found in two separate populations, in northern New Guinea (finschi) and western New Guinea (inustus). Possibly also occurs on some of the larger offshore islands, with Japen, Misool, Waigeo, and Salawati all referenced in various sources with little evidence.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Taman Safari Bogor, Indonesia (subspecies finschi?).

grizzled tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus inustus) | ZooChat


Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi
Monotypic.

Endemic to a small area of the Wet Tropics in northeast Queenland in Australia (just south of the range of D. bennettianus).


Photo by @Goura at David Fleay Wildlife Park, Australia.

Lumholtz's Tree kangaroo - ZooChat


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 at Dreamworld, Australia.

Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) - ZooChat


Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
Monotypic. The Lowlands Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus spadix and all forms of goodfellowi were formerly treated as subspecies of matschiei.

Endemic to the Huon Peninsula in eastern Papua New Guinea. Also found on the offshore island of Umboi but thought to have been introduced there.


Photo by @cypher at Toronto Zoo, Canada.

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo - ZooChat


Photo by @ThylacineAlive at Roger Williams Park Zoo, USA.

Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo - ZooChat


Ursine Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus ursinus
Monotypic.

Found only in far-western New Guinea, on the Vogelkop and Fakfak Peninsulas.


Photo by @snowleopard at Faunaland, Indonesia.

Ursine Tree Kangaroo - Faunaland Off-Show Zoo & Wildlife Breeding Centre - ZooChat




The remaining Dendrolagus species are not represented in the Zoochat galleries:


Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus mayri
Monotypic. Typically treated as a subspecies of D. dorianus.

Known from only one specimen collected in 1928 in the mountains of the Wondiwoi Peninsula in far-western New Guinea (at the extreme other end of the island from D. dorianus). Not recorded again until photographed on the peninsula in 2018.


Dingiso Dendrolagus mbaiso
Monotypic.

Endemic to alpine forest in the Sudirman Range in west-central New Guinea, and only discovered in 1994.


Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus
Monotypic. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus goodfellowi.

Found only in the Foja Mountains and Torricelli Mountains of northern New Guinea.


Tenkile or Scott's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus scottae
Monotypic.

Endemic to a small area of the Torricelli Mountains in northwest Papua New Guinea, and only discovered in 1989.


Lowlands Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus spadix
Monotypic. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus matschiei.

Found in the lowland forests of southern Papua New Guinea.


Seri's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus stellarum
Monotypic. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus goodfellowi or Dendrolagus dorianus.

Found in montane forests of the western and middle sections of the central ranges of New Guinea.

 

[TheGerenuk]

Wow @Chlidonias , I am impressed! Thank you so much for making this!

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I am very much enjoying this new string of threads! Very useful and informative. Thanks for making this.

Two questions:
How large is the captive population for the EW Eastern Barred Bandicoot ssp.?
Are all the Striped Possums in Europe and the US the New Guinea ssp?

Also if memory serves San Diego WAP lists their Sugar Gliders as nominate if there are any photos of those about on here.

~Thylo

 

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Dendrolagus
Twelve species, of which four are represented in the Zoochat galleries.

Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus
Two subspecies: finschi, inustus
Photo by @devilfish at Taman Safari Bogor, Indonesia (Vogelkop subspecies inustus)

Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi
Monotypic
Photo by @Jabiru96 at David Fleay Wildlife Park, Australia

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
Monotypic. The Lowlands Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus spadix and all forms of goodfellowi were formerly treated as a subspecies of matschiei.
Photo by @Tomek at Cologne Zoo, Germany

Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi
Two subspecies: buergersi, goodfellowi. The subspecies shawmayeri is probably a synonym of buergersi. Seri's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus stellarum and the Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus were formerly also included as subspecies. All forms of goodfellowi were also previously included in Dendrolagus matschiei.
Photo by @Hix at Taronga Zoo, Australia (subspecies buergersi)

The remaining Dendrolagus species are not represented in the Zoochat galleries:
Bennett's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus bennettianus
Ursine Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus ursinus
Lowlands Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus spadix (formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus matschiei)
Doria's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus dorianus
Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus pulcherrimus (formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
Seri's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus stellarum (formerly treated as a subspecies of Dendrolagus goodfellowi or Dendrolagus dorianus)
Dingiso Dendrolagus mbaiso
Tenkile Dendrolagus scottae

Not treating the Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo as a valid species?

 

[Jurek7]

Great effort to everybody who made such visual guide to medium-sized mammals!

Now, please send some cool marsupials to Europe! Spotted cuscus and black-striped wallaby are my favorites.

 

[lintworm]

Great effort to everybody who made such visual guide to medium-sized mammals!

Now, please send some cool marsupials to Europe! Spotted cuscus and black-striped wallaby are my favorites.

Come to Rhenen for an hyperactive Spotted cuscus

 

[AWP]

@Chlidonias, great job!

I have a photo of Antechinus bellus, although not of the best quality. I will look it up and put it in the gallery of the TWP. I might have photos of museum specimens of additional species.

New World marsupials will be next?

 

[Chlidonias]

Not treating the Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo as a valid species?

Nope, I was leaving it as a subspecies of dorianus which is the general treatment.