MATSCHIE'S TREE KANGAROO

Physical Characteristics

• A red or mahogany-brown back with a bright yellow face, belly and feet. The long cylindrical tail is mostly yellow. The powerful fore-limbs and hind-limbs are of equal proportion.
• Size of average adult
  • height: 20 - 32 inches (head and body)
  • weight: 15 - 17 pounds
• Approximate life span is 14 years.

Diet

• Wild: leaves, fruit, flowers and grass
• At SCZ: soaked alfalfa cubes, carrots, lettuce, spinach leaves, ADF 16% grain, vitamin E

Behavior

• Prefer to walk instead of hop
• Males are territorial
• Agile in trees
• Reproduction
  • gestation: 32 days
  • joey in pouch for 305 days

Environmental/Global

• Habitat: mountainous tropical forest
• Distribution: Ituon Peninsula of Australia and Umboi Island of New Guinea
• Status: Vulnerable
  • hunting for meat
  • habitat destruction from logging, mining and oil exploration