Gray Dorcopsis

Mammals > Macropodidae & Forest Wallabies

The Gray Dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa) is a compact, secretive forest wallaby native to the dense, humid lowland rainforests of southern New Guinea. Belonging to the ancient Australasian marsupial family Macropodidae, this primitive forest dweller represents an...

Nabarlek

Mammals > Marsupials

The Nabarlek (Petrogale concinna), also known as the pygmy rock-wallaby or little rock-wallaby, is an exceptionally diminutive and secretive macropod native to the rugged sandstone escarpments of northern Australia. Ranking as the second smallest member of the...

Dingiso

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), also revered locally by the indigenous Moni people as ‘bondegezou’—meaning ‘man of the forest’—is a distinctive, high-altitude tree-kangaroo endemic strictly to the misty Sudirman Range of West Papua,...

Tasmanian Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii), also celebrated as the Red-bellied Pademelon, is a compact, robust macropod endemic to the island of Tasmania and Bass Strait islands. While eradicated from the Australian mainland in the 19th century following the...

Dusky Pademelon

Mammals > Marsupials

The Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii), historically known as the Bruijn’s Pademelon or Aru Island Wallaby, holds historical fame as the very first Australasian macropod ever described by Europeans when Dutch painter Cornelis de Bruijn illustrated it in 1711....