Dendrolagus scottae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangerida Superfamilia: Macropodoidea

Dendrolagus scottae Flannery & Seri, 1990: 238

Holotype: AM M.19481, juvenile ♀, skin, skull and body in alcohol, collected by Tim Flannery on 11 June 1988.
Type locality: “at about 1,400 m on Sweipini (3°23'S 142°06'E), a ridge just to the west of the Mount Somoro summit, Torricelli Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea”.

Flannery, T.F. & Seri, L. 1990. Dendrolagus scottae n.sp. (Marsupialia: Macropodidae): a new tree-kangaroo from Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 42(3): 237–245. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.117 Reference page.

Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Aplin, K., Dickman, C., Salas, L., Flannery, T., Martin, R. & Seri, L. 2019. IUCN: Dendrolagus scottae (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T6435A21956375. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6435A21956375.en. Accessed on 10 March 2026.