Dendrolagus inustus S. Muller 1840

• Main Authors: Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Diprotodontia; Macropodidae; Dendrolagus; Dendrolagus inustus; Triton; Huon; Triton Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6722406; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039504399651FFB56F50F5D2FE263006

18. Grizzled Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus inustus French: Dendrolague gris / German: Graues Baumkanguru / Spanish: Canguro arboricola entrecano Other common names: Grizzled Tree-kangaroo Taxonomy. Dendrolagus inustus S. Muller 1840, Mount Lamantsjieri, near Triton Bay, Lobo District, Fakfak Division, West Papua, Indonesia. The validity of the weakly differentiated subspecies should be investigated in a comprehensive morphological and genetic analysis. Additional surveys are also required to establish their distributional limits. Subspecies and Distribution. D. i. imustus S. Muller, 1840 — Bird's Head (= Vogelkop) and Bomberai (= Fakfak) peninsulas, NW New Guinea; possibly also West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Misool, Salawati, Batanta). On following pages: 19. Vogelkop Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus); 20. Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso); 21. Doria’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi); 24. Huon Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei); 25. Lowland Tree Kangaroo Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus dorianus); 22. Scott's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae); 23. Goodfellow's (Dendrolagus spadix). D. 1. finschi Matschie, 1916 — North Coastal Ranges of New Guinea W of Wewak; also Yapen I, in Cenderawasih (= Geelvink) Bay. Descriptive notes. Head-body 57-79.5 cm (males) and 55-89 cm (females), tail 71-96.5 cm (males) and 64-84.3 cm (females); weight 11-23 kg (males) and 7-14 kg (females). Large, gray, long-tailed, long-footed, long-limbed tree kangaroo. Dark gray-brown dorsally (sometimes tending to rufous), passing to lighter grizzled gray on head, neck, rump, limbs, and tail; paler ventrally. Single hair whorl on dorsal midline between shoulders. Ears large and black, contrasting with gray head, largely hairless inside. Face, from above eyes, dark grayish brown to black, cheeks and throat pale gray. Large bare patch of skin at base of tail. Digits dark. Tail well furred with short hairs in some specimens, long and fluffy in others; alternating faint pale and dark annulations present on tail in some specimens. D. i. finschi is reported ...