Infraclass Marsupialia Scientific name Dendrolagus mbaiso Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Genus Dendrolagus Higher classification Tree-kangaroo | |
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Similar Tree‑kangaroo, Golden‑mantled tree‑kangaroo, Grizzled tree‑kangaroo, Doria's tree‑kangaroo, Ursine tree‑kangaroo | ||
The dingiso an island oddity benedict cumberbatch narrates south pacific bbc
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.
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- The dingiso an island oddity benedict cumberbatch narrates south pacific bbc
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It was first filmed for the BBC documentary South Pacific in 2009 after 11 days searching with local Moni tribesmen.
Dingiso schwarzweisses baumk nguru tiere animals natur selmckenzie selzer mckenzie
Description
The dingiso has a distinctive pattern of black and white fur; it has a white belly, and a black head, back and limbs. Unlike other tree kangaroos, it spends little time in the trees.
The species epithet, mbaiso, means "the forbidden animal" in Moni. It remains common in the west because of the protection conferred on it by the Moni people. For many Moni, it is an ancestor which must never be harmed.
The dingiso was formally described to science in 1995 by Australian Museum zoologist Tim Flannery, Indonesian zoologist Boeadi and Australian anthropologist Alexandra Szalay.