Dorcopsis
Genus of marsupials
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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.
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| An illustration of a gray dorcopsis | |
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| A white-striped dorcopsis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Dorcopsis Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Didelphis brunii | |
| Species | |
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| Distribution rangemap of Dorcopsis species. D. luctuosa in red, D. hageni in purple, D. muelleri in green, D. atrata in blue in box. | |
The fossil record of the genus is scant, coming only from Pliocene southeastern Australia in the form of one species (Dorcopsis wintercookorum)[3] and indeterminate fossil teeth attributed to the genus Dorcopsis.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Black dorcopsis (Dorcopsis atrata)
- White-striped dorcopsis (Dorcopsis hageni)
- Gray dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa)
- Brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri)
- Dorcopsis wintercookorum†
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