Tree Kangaroo
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TREE KANGAROO, any individual of the diprotodont marsupial genus Dendrolagus (see MAR5uPIALIA). Three species are inhabitants of New Guinea and the fourth is found in North Queensland.
Tree Kangaroo
Tree kangaroos are unique macropods who have adapted to a life in trees. Loss of habitat and uncontrolled hunting have forced many species close to extinction.
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Tree Kangaroo Features
Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program
This program uses a community-based strategy to document the natural history and conservation status of tree kangaroos through scientific research and interviews with local people.
Tree kangaroos dwell mainly in mountainous rain forests up to 3000 m (9800').
Goodfellow's tree kangaroo occurs in the New Guinea Lowland Forests Global 200 Ecoregion. (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
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The tree kangaroo's favorite foods are leaves and buds. They will also eat flowers, tender grasses and bark.
Tree kangaroos have evolved from a ground-dwelling, hopping ancestor to a specialist for life in the trees.
Tree Kangaroos
In tropical areas of Australia and Papua New Guinea there are kangaroos that live in trees. They are tree kangaroos. There are different kinds of tree kangaroo.
Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo
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Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Dendrolagus matschiei
Matschie's tree kangaroos are one of 10 species of kangaroo that spend most of their time in trees (arboreal). Powerful forelimbs and independent hind limbs make them agile climbers.
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
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Matschie's tree kangaroo
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Not Listed.
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The Goodfellow's tree kangaroo spends most of its time high in the trees. More
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Black and White Tree Kangaroo specimen
Black Dragonfish, Idiacanthus atlanticus Brauer, 1906
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It lies in a line with the main limb elements and transmits the thrust of hopping (this toe is secondarily somewhat reduced in rock wallabies and tree kangaroos). The outside (fifth) toe is also large.
Tree kangaroos, species of the genus Dendrolagus, are the only arboreal members of the family. Found in the rain forests of New Guinea and N Australia, they climb well and can leap from branch to branch.
There are various kangaroos, includes the great gray kangaroo, largest member; the wallaroo ; the red kangaroo , common in zoos ; the brush kangaroo or Wallaby , smaller and familiar in all zoos of Europe and America; the tree kangaroo, ...
 See also: Kangaroo, Lemur, Beetle, Echidna, Penguin
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