Dendrolagus spadix Troughton and Le Souef 1936

Dendrolagus spadix Troughton and Le Souef 1936, Aust. Zool., 8: 194.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Western Division, between Bamu, upper Awarra and Strickland Rivers.

Vernacular Names: Lowlands Tree-kangaroo.

Distribution: S New Guinea, Gulf of Papua east of Fly River, sea level to 800 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient. Rare.

Discussion: A subspecies of D. matschiei according to Groves (1982 d), but raised to a full species by Flannery (1990).