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Seri's tree-kangaroo

Dendrolagus stellarum Flannery & Seri, 1990

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The seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 7.67 kg and live up to 19.7 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the seri's tree-kangaroo

Weight
7.67 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
19.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
26.9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
36 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2 years – 2.46 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.03src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the seri's tree-kangaroo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The seri's tree-kangaroo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the seri's tree-kangaroo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum) is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to montane forests of west-central New Guinea. Seri's tree-kangaroo was originally considered to be a subspecies of Dendrolagus dorianus, but was elevated to species in 2005 by Groves.

From the Wikipedia article “Seri's tree-kangaroo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seri%27s_tree-kangaroo&oldid=1315273361), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the seri's tree-kangaroo endangered?

The seri's tree-kangaroo is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the seri's tree-kangaroo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusDendrolagus
  7. SpeciesDendrolagus stellarum Flannery & Seri, 1990

Synonyms Dendrolagus dorianus stellarum

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Seri s tree-kangarooEnglish
  • Seri's tree kangarooEnglish
  • Seri’s tree kangarooEnglish
  • Seri’s tree kangarooEnglish
  • كنغر الشجر سيريArabic
  • دندرولاقوس ستللارومazb
  • Дървесно кенгуру на СериBulgarian
  • Kangourou-gwez SeriBreton
  • Cangur arborícola de SeriCatalan
  • Seri-BaumkänguruGerman
  • Canguro Arborícola MontanoSpanish
  • کانگوروی درختی سریPersian
  • Dendrolague de SeriFrench
  • Seri-kúszókenguruHungarian
  • Canguro arboricolo di SeriItalian
  • セリキノボリカンガルーJapanese
  • 세리나무타기캥거루Korean
  • SeritrekenguruNorwegian Bokmål
  • drzewiak górskiPolish
  • سیری رکھ کینگروWestern Panjabi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the seri's tree-kangaroo

Other species in the same genus Dendrolagus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the seri's tree-kangaroo?

An adult seri's tree-kangaroo weighs 7.67 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the seri's tree-kangaroo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the seri's tree-kangaroo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the seri's tree-kangaroo endangered?

The seri's tree-kangaroo is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the seri's tree-kangaroo live?

The seri's tree-kangaroo has a recorded lifespan of 19.7 years.

How long is the seri's tree-kangaroo pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 36 days.

What kind of animal is the seri's tree-kangaroo?

The seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/seris-tree-kangaroo

MLA

“Seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/seris-tree-kangaroo.

BibTeX
@misc{seris_tree_kangaroo_2026,
  title = {Seri's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus stellarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/seris-tree-kangaroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}