Brown dorcopsis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown dorcopsis lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Dorcopsis muelleri
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the brown dorcopsis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown dorcopsis in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown dorcopsis endangered?

The brown dorcopsis’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown dorcopsis?

The brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Dorcopsis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown dorcopsis

The brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), also known as the brown forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to the lowlands of West New Guinea (Southwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, Papua) and the nearby Indonesian islands (Salawati, Misool, Yapen).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown dorcopsis (revision 1379925762), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209618 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).