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Dorcopsis

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Dorcopsis[1]
An illustration of a gray dorcopsis
A white-striped dorcopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Genus: Dorcopsis
Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845
Type species
Didelphis brunii
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Species

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Dorcopsis is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae.[2] The members of the genus are found on the island of New Guinea.

Species

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The genus contains the following species:

References

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  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.