Dendrolagus inustus Müller 1840

Dendrolagus inustus Müller 1840, in: Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Land-en Volkenkunde: 20.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), Fakfak Div., Lobo Dist., near Triton Bay, Mt. Lamantsjieri.

Vernacular Names: Grizzled Tree-kangaroo.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dendrolagus inustus subsp. inustus Müller 1840

Subspecies Dendrolagus inustus subsp. finschi Matschie 1916

Distribution: New Guinea: Vogelkop and Fakfak peninsulas, along north coast as far east as Wewak; Yapen Isl; possibly present on Salawati and Waigeou (Flannery, 1995 a).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: This species was further described by Schlegel and Müller, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, p. 131, 143[1845], pl. 20, 22, 23[1841]. Considered a subspecies of ursinus by Haltenorth (1958); but see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17) and Groves (1982 d).