Dendrolagus stellarum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DIPROTODONTIA	MACROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dendrolagus stellarum

Species Authority:

Flannery & Seri, 1990

Common Name/s:

English

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Seri’s Tree Kangaroo

Taxonomic Notes:

Dendrolagus stellarum has often been considered a subspecies of D. dorianus (e.g., Flannery 1995), but it is treated here as a separate species here following Groves (2005). Helgen (2007) notes that although D. stellarum is a recent split, it may be composed of more than one species itself (based on indications from a comparison of genetic sequencing data from populations in the Snow and Star Mountains, reported by Bowyer et al. 2003).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A2cd ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2008
Assessor/s	Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Salas, L. & Dickman, C.
Evaluator/s:	Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is suspected to have undergone at least a 30% population reduction in the last three generations (i.e., 30 years) that has not ceased, due to hunting and destruction of habitat (i.e., impacts of El Niño).

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Central Cordillera of the island of New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), where it ranges from the Tembagapura area of Papua Province, Indonesia, to the Victor Emmanual Range in western Papua New Guinea (Flannery 1995).
Countries:	Native: Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	This species is rare and occurs at low density, and it is difficult to find. The productivity of its preferred habitat is low, resulting in a natural low population density.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a large tree kangaroo that needs primary upper montane tropical forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by heavy hunting pressure, this includes hunting with dogs (trophy jaws were still very much in evidence in 2000; T. Flannery pers. comm.). It is hunted for food by local people. A large part of the species' range is in uninhabited areas. Populations in the eastern parts of the range were impacted by the fires during the El Niño period in 1998-1999.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by heavy hunting pressure, this includes hunting with dogs (trophy jaws were still very much in evidence in 2000; T. Flannery pers. comm.). It is hunted for food by local people. A large part of the species' range is in uninhabited areas. Populations in the eastern parts of the range were impacted by the fires during the El Niño period in 1998-1999.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in at least two protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, and natural history.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in at least two protected areas. Further studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, and natural history.

Bibliography [top]

Citations:	Bowyer, J. C., Newell, G. R., Metcalfe, C. J. and Eldridge, M. B. D. 2003. Tree-kangaroos Dendrolagus in Australia: are D. lumholtzi and D. bennettianus sister taxa? Australian Z oologist 32: 207-213. Flannery, T. F. 1995. The Mammals of New Guinea, 2nd edition. Reed Books, Sydney, Australia. Flannery, T. F. and Seri, L. 1990. The mammals of southern West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea: their distribution, abundance, human use and zoogeography. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 173-208. Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Diprotodontia. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 43-70. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Helgen, K. M. 2007. A Taxonomic and Geographic Overview of the Mammals of Papua. In: A. J. Marshall and B. M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, pp. 689-749. Periplus Editions, Singapore. IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Citations:

Bowyer, J. C., Newell, G. R., Metcalfe, C. J. and Eldridge, M. B. D. 2003. Tree-kangaroos Dendrolagus in Australia: are D. lumholtzi and D. bennettianus sister taxa? Australian Z oologist 32: 207-213.

Flannery, T. F. 1995. The Mammals of New Guinea, 2nd edition. Reed Books, Sydney, Australia.

Flannery, T. F. and Seri, L. 1990. The mammals of southern West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea: their distribution, abundance, human use and zoogeography. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 173-208.

Groves, C. P. 2005. Order Diprotodontia. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 43-70. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Helgen, K. M. 2007. A Taxonomic and Geographic Overview of the Mammals of Papua. In: A. J. Marshall and B. M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, pp. 689-749. Periplus Editions, Singapore.

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Citation:	Leary, T., Seri, L., Flannery, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Aplin, K., Salas, L. & Dickman, C. 2008. Dendrolagus stellarum. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 March 2010.
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