| Matschie's tree-kangaroo[1] | |
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| At the Bronx Zoo, New York City | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Dendrolagus |
| Species: | D. matschiei
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrolagus matschiei Förster & Rothschild, 1907
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| Matschie's tree-kangaroo range | |
Matschie's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), also known as the Huon tree-kangaroo is a tree-kangaroo native to the Huon Peninsula of northeastern New Guinea island, within the nation of Papua New Guinea. Under the IUCN classification, Matschie's tree-kangaroo is an endangered species. The scientific name honours German biologist Paul Matschie. The indigenous population refers to it as a Boongarry.[3]
- ^ 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. p. 60. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Ziembicki, M.; Porolak, G. (2016). "Dendrolagus matschiei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6433A21956650. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6433A21956650.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Tree Kangaroo: The Living Plush Toy". YouTube. 10 June 2016.