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title: "Brown Dorcopsis"
description: "Dorcopsis muelleri — Mammiferi. The brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), also known as the brown forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-dorcopsis
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Dorcopsis

> Dorcopsis muelleri — Mammiferi. The brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), also known as the brown forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Dorcopsis muelleri*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 49
- Wikidata: [Q209618](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209618)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42944](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42944)

## Names

- en: Brown Dorcopsis
- de: Braunes Buschkänguru
- es: Ualabí Forestal Pardo
- fr: Dorcopsis brun
- nl: Mullerwallaby
- pl: Kangurowiec pręgowany

## Countries with the most observations

ID (45)

## Summary

The brown dorcopsis (Dorcopsis muelleri), also known as the brown forest wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to the lowlands of West New Guinea (Southwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, Papua) and the nearby Indonesian islands (Salawati, Misool, Yapen).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_dorcopsis

## Photo

![Brown Dorcopsis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-dorcopsis/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193016343

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-dorcopsis?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).