Tree-kangaroo

Tree-kangaroo
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
Matschie's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Genus: Dendrolagus
S. Müller, 1840
Type species
Dendrolagus ursinus
Species

About 12; see text

Tree-kangaroos are marsupials of the genus Dendrolagus, adapted for arboreal locomotion. They inhabit the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and far northeastern Queensland, Australia along with some of the islands in the region. All tree-kangaroos are considered threatened due to hunting and habitat destruction. They are the only true arboreal macropods.[1]

  1. ^ Procter-Gray, E. & Gansiosser, U. (1987). "The individual behaviors of Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo: Repertoire and taxonomic iTree-kangaroosmplications". Journal of Mammalogy. 67 (2): 343–352. doi:10.2307/1380888. JSTOR 1380888.