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Dendrolagus mbaiso (Dingiso)

Wikipedia Abstract

The dingiso /dɪŋˈɡiːzoʊ/, also known as bondegezou (Dendrolagus mbaiso), is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to Western New Guinea of Indonesia, where it lives in alpine forests in the Sudirman Range at elevations of 3250 to 4200 m, just below the tree line. It was first filmed for the BBC documentary South Pacific in 2009 after 11 days searching with local Moni tribesmen.
View Wikipedia Record: Dendrolagus mbaiso

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Dendrolagus mbaiso

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
63
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.79
EDGE Score: 4.83
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  20.713 lbs (9.395 kg)
Diet [2]  Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  50 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  32 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  26 inches (67 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central Range montane rain forests Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Central Range sub-alpine grasslands Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Enarotali Nature Reserve 741316 Indonesia      
Gunung Lorentz National Park 6189990 Papua, Indonesia      

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cloacina cunctabunda <Unverified Name>[3]
Dorcopsinema mbaiso <Unverified Name>[3]
Macropostrongyloides dendrolagi <Unverified Name>[3]
Mbaisonema coronatum <Unverified Name>[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0