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The seven species of dorcopsises or forest wallabies (genera Dorcopsis (four species, with a fifth as yet undescribed) and Dorcopsulus (two species)) are all native to the island of New Guinea. One of the brush wallaby species, the dwarf wallaby ( Notamacropus dorcopsulus ), also native to New Guinea, is the smallest known wallaby species and ...
†Crescent nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) Northern nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea unguifera) Genus Petrogale. P. brachyotis species-group Short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) Monjon (Petrogale burbidgei) Nabarlek (Petrogale concinna) P. xanthopus species-group Proserpine rock-wallaby (Petrogale persephone)
Ten species are categorized as endangered: Calaby's pademelon, Cape York rock-wallaby, dingiso, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo, ifola, Matschie's tree-kangaroo, mountain pademelon, nabarlek, northern bettong, and Proserpine rock-wallaby. A further six species are categorized as critically endangered: the black dorcopsis, Gilbert's potoroo, golden ...
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
Macleay's dorcopsis (Dorcopsulus macleayi), also known as the Papuan dorcopsis or the Papuan forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea , where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
The author separated the species from the defunct genus Kangurus, which he proposed to divide in his synopsis of the known macropod species. [1] [4] The following is a list of species, with common names, arranged by alliances of species groups: [5] Genus Petrogale. P. brachyotis species group Short-eared rock-wallaby, Petrogale brachyotis
The small dorcopsis or lesser forest wallaby (Dorcopsulus vanheurni) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is found in the mountainous interior of West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is less common than it used to be and the IUCN has assessed it as being "near ...
Genetic analysis found that its closest relative was the extinct toolache wallaby. [9] Names derived from the Nyungar language are kwara (pronounced kwa'ra), as it was known at the Swan River colony, and koora (koo'ra), recorded at the interior regions of Southwest Australia, that are recommended as the appropriate common names for this species ...