Species Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, 1884

Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo, North Queensland

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• Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, R. 1884. On some apparently new marsupials from Queensland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 381-389 pls 29-32 [1 Oct. 1884] [387 pl. 32 fig. 7-8].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 84.4.18.2 ♀ skin, skull (84.4.18.3 may belong to the same specimen), Herbert Vale, N QLD; MCG 3827 ♂ skin, Herbert Vale, N QLD; UZMO 1864 ♂ adult mounted skin & skull, Herbert Vale, N QLD; UZMO 1868 juv. skin & skull, Herbert Vale, N QLD; UZMO 1869 skin & partial skeleton (another specimen in Copenhagen), Herbert Vale, N QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888].
• Dendrolagus fulvus De Vis, C.W. 1888. On a third species of the Australian tree kangaroo. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 4: 132-134 [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 11296 ♂ skull, Herberton, N QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [39]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, folivore, frugivorous, nocturnal.

General References

Bower, J.C., Newell, G.R. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2002. Genetic effects of habitat contraction on Lumholtz's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) in the Australian Wet Tropics. Conservation Genetics 3: 61-69

Groves, C.P. 1982. The systematics of tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus: Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 5: 157-186

Iwaniuk, A.N., Nelson, J.E., Ivanco, T.L., Pellis, S.M. & Whishaw, I.Q. 1998. Reaching, grasping and manipulation of food objects by two tree kangaroo species, Dendrolagus lumholtzi and Dendrolagus matschiei. Australian Journal of Zoology 1998: 235-248

Johnson, P.M. 1995. Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi. pp. 309-310 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Johnson, P.M. & Delean, S. 2003. Reproduction of Lumholt's tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young. Wildlife Research 30: 505-512

Laurance, W.F. 1990. Effects of weather on marsupial folivore activity in a north Queensland upland tropical rainforest. Australian Mammalogy 13: 41-47

Laurance, W.F. & Laurance, S.G.W. 1996. Response of five arboreal marsupials to recent selective logging in tropical Australia. Biotropica 28: 310-322

Newell, G.R. 1999. Home range and habitat utilization of Lumholt's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) within a rainforest fragment in North Queensland. Wildlife Research 26: 129-145

Newell, G.R. 1999. Responses of Lumholtz's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) to loss of habitat within a tropical rainforest fragment. Biological Conservation 91: 181-189

Procter-Gray, E. 1984. Dietary ecology of the coppery brushtail possum, green ringtail possum and Lumholtz's tree kangaroo in northern Queensland. pp. 129-135 in Smith, A. & Hume, I. (eds). Possums and Gliders. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons, Australian Mammal Society 598 pp.

Procter-Gray, E. & Ganslosser, U. 1986. The individual behaviours of Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo: repertoire and taxonomic implications. Journal of Mammalogy 67: 343-352

Winter, J. 1991. Mammals. pp. 43-54 in Nix, H.A. & Switzer, M.A. (eds). Rainforest Animals: Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Canberra : Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service 111 pp. [Kowari]

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo)

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