Dorcopsulus macleayi — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Diprotodontia/Macropodidae/Dorcopsulus

At a glance

Occurrence records5

Data sources7

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Dorcopsulus macleayi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeADW · Wikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 records

01Narrative

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 forests. Being little threatened by habitat destruction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern".

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAnAgeAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology3

Body mass2 781 g

⚠ sources differ — PanTHERIA: 2 781 g · AnAge: 2 988 g · AmnioteDB: 2 988 g · EltonTraits: 2 988 g

Head body length400 mm

SVL39.97 cm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Age at maturity (male)730 days

Age at sexual maturity730 days

Gestation21 days

Litter size1.24

Max. longevity94.8 months

Weaning age548 days

Diet & foraging4

Breadth2

Fruit50 %

Plant other50 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality1.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean210 mm

Temperature mean194 decidegC

Other traits3

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumG

Interbirth interval365 days

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered3

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Honolulu, US	3

1 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown