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 * ** Scientific classification ** ||
 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Mammalia ||
 * Infraclass: || Marsupialia ||
 * Order: || Diprotodontia ||
 * Family: || Macropodidae ||
 * Subfamily: || Macropodinae ||
 * Genus: || Dendrolagus ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Genus: || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dendrolagus ||

The males weighing an average of 7.2 kg. Its head and body length ranges from 480-650 mm, and its tail, 600-740 mm.
 * ** Male: ** What differences in appearance, size, etc

Females have a pouch. Females weigh 5.9 kg instead of the male weight (7.2 kg) meaning that the female can get around easier
 * ** Female: ** What special features and differences?

They look bright red when born and only 2.5 cm in size. Around 18 months after the Joey is born, the Joey will leave its mother and establish its own home.
 * ** Young: ** How do they look and how quickly do they grow?


 * ** Size: ** Describe the size of a male, female and their young.

The males weighing an average of 7.2 kg and females 5.9 kg. Its head and body length ranges from 480-650 mm, and its tail, 600-740 mm.

Their young are about 2.5 cm in size when born, they are bright red. The Joeys stay with their mothers for about 18 months but will start to move out of the pouch around around 8 months

produced?
 * ** Breeding: ** When does this happen, how long is the female pregnant and how many young are

Females go into heat every 51-79 days. They have a gestation period of 39-45 days, 1-2 days before birth, the females isolates herself. She then takes up the birthing position: sitting on the base of her tail with the tail between her legs. The Joey is born in length to 2.5 cm in length.

1 Joey is produced in pregnancy

Their habitat is outback style, meaning there is dirt, trees and bushes. In the wild they live in tropical rainforests
 * ** Habitat: ** What is their habitat in the Zoo and how is it different to in the wild?

Tree kangaroos are considered herbivores, although they will feed upon animals. The main portion of their diet consists of leaves, but they will also feed upon flowers, fruits, nuts, bark, sap, bird eggs, bird young, and insects.
 * ** Feeding: ** What do they eat

In the zoo they are fed fruit leaves, apples, carrots, corn, kale, timothy hay, spinach leaves, alfalfa, lettuce, celery, and hard-boiled eggs.


 * ** Conclusion: ** Describe why your animal is interesting to you

They are unique to other Kangaroos, as they have different colours, eat different things. There is also 14 different species of the Tree Kangaroo. The creature's face is yellow or white in appearance. Unlike the ground kangaroo, the tree kangaroo has limbs that are about the same size in length. The tree kangaroo owns a long narrow tail that helps with balance and curved claws on its feet to help with climbing. Also the Tree kangaroo eats different foods to the ground kangaroo.