Dendrolagus stellarum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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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 Published:	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.
Reviewer/s:	Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
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
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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.

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 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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