Dendrolagus inustus Müller, 1840 . In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland Overz. Bezitt., Land-en Volkenkunde, p. 20, footnote(1840], see comments.
TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Fakfak Div., Lobo Disk, near Triton Bay, Mt. Lamantsjieri .
DISTRIBUTION: N and extreme W New Guinea; Yapen Isl.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.
SYNONYMS: finschi, keiensis, maximus, schoedei, sorongensis.
COMMENTS: This species was further described by Schlegel and Müller, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, p. 131, 143[1845], pl. 20, 22, 23(1841]. Considered a subspecies of ursinus by Haltenorth (1958); but see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17) and Groves (1982d).