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Tree-kangaroo
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. Evolutionary history The evolutionary history of tree-kangaroos possibly begins with a rainforest floor-dwelling pademelon-like ancestor. This ancestor possibly evolved from an arboreal possum-like ancestor as is suspected of all macropodid marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. During the late Eocene, the Australian/New Guinean continent began a period of drying that caused a retreat in the area of rainforest, which forced the ancestral pademelons to begin living in a drier, rockier environment. After some generations of adaptation to the new environment, the pademelons may have evolved into rock-wallabies (''Petr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Matschie's Tree-kangaroo
Matschie's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus matschiei''), also known as the Huon tree-kangaroo is a tree-kangaroo native to the Huon Peninsula of northeastern New Guinea island, within the nation of Papua New Guinea. Under the IUCN classification, Matschie's tree-kangaroo is an endangered species. The scientific name honours German biologist Paul Matschie. The indigenous population refers to it as a Boongarry. Description With a body and head length of , Matschie's tree-kangaroo are much smaller than Australia's well-known red kangaroo. An adult male weighs between 20 and 25 lb (9–11 kg). An adult female weighs between 15 and 20 lb (7–9 kg). There is no particular season in which they breed. Gestation lasts 44 days and joeys of captive bred individuals leave the pouch after 11 months. The average life span of the Matschie's tree-kangaroo in the wild is unknown, but is at least 14 years. The life span of the kangaroo in a zoo is about 20 years. The most di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo
Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus lumholtzi'') is a rare, long-tailed marsupial found in rainforests in northeastern Australia. Like most tree-kangaroos (genus ''Dendrolagus''), it lives alone in trees and feeds on plant matter. It belongs to the macropod family ( Macropodidae) with kangaroos, and carries its young in a pouch like other marsupials. It is threatened by climate change and diseases, and is found in the hilly, fertile Atherton Tableland near Cairns in north east Queensland. Name The species name ''lumholtzi'' is after the Norwegian explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz (1851–1922), who was the first European to record a specimen in 1883. The local indigenous Dyirbal and Yidiny language name may have been either "mabi" or "mapi". Description and habitat It is the smallest of all tree-kangaroos, with males weighing an average of 7.2 kg (16 lbs) and females 5.9 kg (13 lbs). Its head and body length ranges , and its tail, . It has powerful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bennett's Tree-kangaroo
Bennett's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus bennettianus'') is a large tree-kangaroo. Males can weigh from 11.5 kg up to almost 14 kg (25 to 31 lbs), while the females range between about . They are very agile and are able to leap down to another branch and have been known to drop as far as to the ground without injury. Description Like other tree-kangaroos it has longer forelimbs and shorter hindlimbs than terrestrial kangaroos and a long bushy tail. It is mostly dark brown above and lighter fawn on chin, throat and lower abdomen. The forehead and muzzle are greyish. The feet and hands are black. The tail has a black patch at the base and a light patch on the upper part. The ears are short and rounded. Habitat This very elusive (or "cryptic") tree-kangaroo is found in both mountain and lowland tropical rain forests south of Cooktown, Queensland to just north of the Daintree River; an area of only about . It is also occasionally found in sclerophyll woodlands. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Macropodidae
Macropodidae is a Family (biology), family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, Wallaby, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and are native to the Australia (continent), Australian continent (the mainland and Tasmania), New Guinea and nearby islands. Description Although Propleopus, omnivorous kangaroos lived in the past, these were not members of the family Macropodidae; modern macropods are generally Herbivore, herbivorous. Some are Browsing (herbivory), browsers, but most are Grazing, grazers and are equipped with appropriately specialised teeth for cropping and grinding up fibrous plants, in particular grasses and Cyperaceae, sedges. Modern omnivorous kangaroos generally belong to a different family (for example, the Musky rat-kangaroo). In general, macropods have a broad, straight row of cutting teeth at the front of the mouth, no Canine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursine Tree-kangaroo
The ursine tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus ursinus'') is a long-tailed, furry, bear-like mammal found only in tropical forests on the island of New Guinea (in Indonesia). Slightly larger than a cat, it lives alone in trees and is active at night to feed on leaves and fruit. It belongs to the macropod family (Macropodidae) with kangaroos, and carries its young in a pouch like other marsupials. It has a small range in northwestern New Guinea and is threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Other common names for this species include the black tree-kangaroo, the Vogelkop tree-kangaroo and the white-throated tree-kangaroo. Description This tree-kangaroo grows to a head-and-body length of with a tail of , and a weight of up to . The upper parts are glossy black while the underparts are fawn. There is a whitish collar and throat, and the face is brown with white or red cheeks. The ears are distinctive, being long and tufted. The long fur is whorled on the shoulders, a pattern which is thoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Bohra (mammal)
''Bohra'' is an extinct genus of macropod from the Plio-Pleistocene of Australia. It is closely related to modern tree kangaroos (''Dendrolagus''), and like them is thought to have had an arboreal lifestyle, with some species of ''Bohra'' substantially exceeding living tree kangaroos in size. Taxonomy The type species, ''Bohra paulae'' was first described in 1982 from material found in Wellington Caves in New South Wales. Bohra is the name of a legendary kangaroo of the Euahlayi tribe from New South Wales. Bohra was said to walk on all four limbs and possessed sharp canine teeth before being removed by men. Living tree-kangaroos share similar proportions between the front and hind limbs. Three other species have been described: ''Bohra wilkinsonorum'' from southeastern Queensland in 2004, ''Bohra illuminata'' from south-central Australia in 2008, and ''Bohra nullarbora'' from Western Australia in 2009. ''Bohra'' is considered a plesiomorphic sister taxon to the living tree- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
The grizzled tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus inustus'') is a furry, long-tailed mammal native to tropical rainforests on the island of New Guinea (split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Like most tree-kangaroos (genus '' Dendrolagus''), it lives in trees and eats leaves, fruit, and bark. It is a member of the macropod family Macropodidae and carries its young in a pouch like other marsupials. The tree-kangaroo is uncommon and threatened by hunting and habitat loss. It is found in foothill forests of northern and western New Guinea and is indigenous to some of the offshore islands.Flannery, T. 1995. ''Mammals of New Guinea.'' Reed Books. Description The grizzled tree-kangaroo grows to a length of about with males being considerably larger than females. It resembles a terrestrial kangaroo and its weight varies between about . The head is small, with a flat muzzle, the arms are powerful for climbing, the hind legs are long and the feet are large for an arboreal animal. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rock-wallaby
The rock-wallabies are the wallabies of the genus ''Petrogale''. Taxonomy The genus was established in 1837 by John Edward Gray in a revision of material at the British Museum of Natural History. Gray nominated his earlier description of ''Kangurus pencillatus'' as the type species, now recognised in the combination '' Petrogale penicillata'' (brush-tailed rock-wallaby). The author separated the species from the defunct genus ''Kangurus'', which he proposed to divide in his synopsis of the known macropod species. The following is a list of species, with common names, arranged by alliances of species groups: * Genus ''Petrogale'' ** ''P. brachyotis'' species group *** Short-eared rock-wallaby, ''Petrogale brachyotis'' *** Monjon, ''Petrogale burbidgei'' *** Nabarlek, ''Petrogale concinna'' *** Eastern short-eared rock-wallaby, ''Petrogale wilkinsi'' ** ''P. xanthopus'' species group *** Proserpine rock-wallaby, ''Petrogale persephone'' *** Rothschild's rock-wallaby, ''Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |