Dorcopsis

Dorcopsis
	An illustration of a gray dorcopsis
	A white-striped dorcopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Subfamily:	Macropodinae
Genus:	Dorcopsis ; Schlegel & S. Müller, 1845
Type species
	Didelphis brunii ; Quoy & Gaimard, 1830; (= Macropus muelleri Lesson, 1827)
Species
	See text

Last updated February 18, 2026

Dorcopsis is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae.^[2] The members of the genus are found on the island of New Guinea.

The fossil record of the genus is scant, coming only from Pliocene southeastern Australia in the form of one species (Dorcopsis wintercookorum)^[3] and indeterminate fossil teeth attributed to the genus Dorcopsis.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Black dorcopsis (Dorcopsis atrata)
White-striped dorcopsis (Dorcopsis hageni)
Gray dorcopsis (Dorcopsis luctuosa)
Brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri)
Dorcopsis wintercookorum†

References

↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Flannery, Tim F.; et al. (1992). "The Macropodoidea (Marsupialia) of the early Pliocene Hamilton local fauna, Victoria, Australia". Fieldiana Geology. N.S. (25). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3468. ISSN 0096-2651. OCLC 27299729.

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[msw3-1] Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 61–62. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[3] Flannery, Tim F.; et al. (1992). "The Macropodoidea (Marsupialia) of the early Pliocene Hamilton local fauna, Victoria, Australia". Fieldiana Geology. N.S. (25). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3468. ISSN 0096-2651. OCLC 27299729.

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