Black dorcopsis
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The black dorcopsis or black forest wallaby (Dorcopsis atrata) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to an island at the eastern end of New Guinea where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss and hunting, its population is declining and the IUCN lists it as being "Critically endangered".
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Dorcopsis |
Species: | D. atrata |
Binomial name | |
Dorcopsis atrata Van Deusen, 1957[2] | |
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