''Dorcopsulus'' is a genus of small

marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a ...

s in the family

Macropodidae Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and ...

, known as forest wallabies. They are native to dry forests of

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

Species

The genus contains the following species: * Macleay's dorcopsis (''Dorcopsulus macleayi'') * Small dorcopsis (''Dorcopsulus vanheurni'')

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* * Macropods Marsupial genera Taxa named by Paul Matschie Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Diprotodont-stub