Lowland Tree Kangaroo - Dendrolagus spadix
( Troughton & Le Souef, 1936 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It is found in lowland tropical forests where it is associated with karst habitats. Little more is known about the natural history of this species.

Range:
This species is restricted to the Papuan Plateau lowlands on the island of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea only), where Flannery (1995) reports that it has been recorded from between the upper Awarra and Strickland Rivers, Bamu, the Mount Sisa area and the Wabo area, southern Chimbu Province. The altitudinal range is incompletely known, but the species appears to be found between sea level and 800 m a.s.l.

Conservation:
This species is found in a management area. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, natural history, and threats to this species. Surveys to assess the impacts of recent increases in access of hunters to formerly inaccessible parts of its range are urgently required.

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