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| name =Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo <ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=59-60}}</ref>
| name = Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo<ref name=MSW3>{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 59–60 | id=11000206}}</ref>
| status =EN
| status = EN
| status_system =iucn3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008|assessors=Leary T. ''et al'' |year=2008|id=6429|title=Dendrolagus goodfellowi|downloaded=28 December 2008}} Database entry includes reason why this species is listed as endangered </ref>
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Leary, T.|author2=Seri, L.|author3=Wright, D.|author4=Hamilton, S.|author5=Helgen, K.|author6=Singadan, R.|author7=Menzies, J.|author8=Allison, A.|author9=James, R.|author10=Dickman, C.|display-authors=etal|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6429/0|title=''Dendrolagus goodfellowi''|access-date=28 December 2008}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as endangered.</ref>
| image =Tree kangaroo2.jpg
| image = Tree kangaroo2.jpg
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| genus = Dendrolagus
| regnum =[[Animal]]ia
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| species = goodfellowi
| phylum =[[Chordate|Chordata]]
| authority = [[Oldfield Thomas|Thomas]], 1908<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Thomas|first1=Oldfield|title=A new Tree-Kangaroo from British New Guinea|journal=The Annals and Magazine of Natural History|date=1908|volume=2|issue=11|pages=452–453|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071221|series=Ser. 8|doi=10.1080/00222930808692512}}</ref>
| classis =[[Mammal]]ia
| range_map = Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo area.png
| infraclassis =[[Marsupialia]]
| range_map_caption = Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo range
| ordo =[[Diprotodontia]]
}}
| familia =[[Macropodidae]]
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| genus =''[[Dendrolagus]]''
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| binomial =''Dendrolagus goodfellowi''
| binomial_authority =Thomas Oldfield, 1908}}


'''Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo''' (''Dendrolagus goodfellowi''), also called the '''ornate tree kangaroo''', is an animal in the [[Family (biology)|biological family]] Macropodidae. The family includes [[kangaroo]]s, [[Wallaby|wallabies]] and their relatives,<ref>{{cite web | author = Myers, P. | year = 2001 | title = Macropodidae | work = Animal Diversity Web | url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Macropodidae.html | accessdate = 2006-08-05}}</ref> and the [[genus]] ''Dendrolagus'', with eleven [[species]].<ref name=MSW3/> The species live in the [[rainforest]]s of [[New Guinea]], and the border of central Irian Jaya in [[Indonesia]].<ref name="Animalinfo">Animal Info (1999-2005). ''[http://www.animalinfo.org/species/dendgood.htm Animal Info - Goodfellow's tree kangaroo]''. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref> In the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]], Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are listed as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref name=iucn/> This is a result of too much hunting of them, and humans living too close to their [[habitat]].<ref>Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2006). [http://www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/content/standard.asp?name=GoodfellowsTreeKangaroo Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo - captive breeding program]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref>
'''Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo''' (''Dendrolagus goodfellowi''), or the '''ornate tree kangaroo''', is a marsupial in the [[Family (biology)|biological family]] [[Macropodidae]].
The family includes [[kangaroo]]s, [[Wallaby|wallabies]] and their relatives,<ref>{{cite web | author = Myers P. | year = 2001 | title = Macropodidae | work = Animal Diversity Web | url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Macropodidae.html | accessdate = 2006-08-05}}</ref> and the [[genus]] ''Dendrolagus'', with eleven [[species]].<ref name=MSW3/>
The species live in the [[rainforest]]s of [[New Guinea]].<ref name="Animalinfo">Animal Info (1999-2005). ''[http://www.animalinfo.org/species/dendgood.htm Animal Info - Goodfellow's tree kangaroo]''. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref>
In the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]], Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are listed as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref name=iucn/> This is a result of too much hunting of them, and humans living too close to their [[habitat]].<ref>Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2006). [http://www.currumbin-sanctuary.org.au/content/standard.asp?name=GoodfellowsTreeKangaroo Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo - captive breeding program]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
Like most tree-kangaroos, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are very different looking from terrestrial (land) Kangaroo species.<ref name="Melbourne">Melbourne Zoo (2006). [http://www.zoo.org.au/animal_page.cfm?area_id=20&zoo_id=1&animal_id=96 Animal Fact Sheet: Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref> Unlike land living kangaroos, their [[leg]]s are not very large compared to their forelimbs ([[arm]]s), which are strong and end in hooked [[claw]]s for grasping tree [[branch]]es.<ref name="Melbourne" /> Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos have long tails for balance.<ref name="Melbourne" /> These physical [[trait (biology)|traits]] help them with a mostly tree-living life.<ref name="Melbourne" /> They have short, [[wool]]ly fur,<ref name="Melbourne" /> usually [[red]]dish-[[brown]] in color, a [[gray]]-brown face, [[yellow]]-colored [[cheek]]s and [[feet]]; pale [[stomach]]s,<ref name="discovery"/> long, [[Gold (color)|golden]]-brown tails, and two golden stripes on their backsides.<ref name="WWF"/> They weigh about 7 [[kilogram]]s (about 15 [[Pound (mass)|pounds]]).<ref name="Animalinfo">Animalinfo</ref>
Like most tree-kangaroos, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos look very different from terrestrial (land) kangaroo species.<ref name="Melbourne">Melbourne Zoo (2006). [http://www.zoo.org.au/animal_page.cfm?area_id=20&zoo_id=1&animal_id=96 Animal Fact Sheet: Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819174959/http://www.zoo.org.au/animal_page.cfm?area_id=20&zoo_id=1&animal_id=96 |date=2006-08-19 }}. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref>
Unlike land-living kangaroos, their [[leg]]s are not long compared to their forelimbs ([[arm]]s). They are strong and end in hooked [[claw]]s for grasping tree [[branch]]es.<ref name="Melbourne" /> Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos have long tails for balance.<ref name="Melbourne" /> These physical [[trait (biology)|traits]] help them with a mostly tree-living life.<ref name="Melbourne" /> They have short, [[wool]]ly fur,<ref name="Melbourne" /> usually [[red]]dish-[[brown]] in color, a [[gray]]-brown face, [[yellow]]-colored [[cheek]]s and [[feet]]; pale [[stomach]]s,<ref name="discovery"/> long, [[Gold (color)|golden]]-brown tails, and two golden stripes on their backsides.<ref name="WWF"/> They weigh about seven [[kilogram]]s (about 15 [[Pound (mass)|pounds]]).<ref name="Animalinfo"/>


==Behaviour==
==Behaviour==
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[[Image:Dendrolagus goodfellowi looking.jpg|thumb|Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo looking to the side]]
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Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are [[slow]] and [[Wikt:clumsy|clumsy]] on the ground.<ref name="WWF">World Wildlife Fund (2006). [http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/newguinea/spec_tk.cfm Tree Kangaroos]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref> They move at about the speed a human walks and do not [[Jump|hop]] well (hopping is something that, by contrast, terrestrial kangaroos are famed for).<ref name="WWF" /> However, in trees, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are fearless and agile.<ref name="WWF" /> They [[wikt:climb|climb]] by wrapping their arms around the trunk of a [[tree]] and hopping with their strong back legs.<ref name="WWF" /> This allows their arms to slide. They have very good jumping ability and can [[jump]] from trees to the ground from thirty feet up without hurting themselves.<ref name="WWF" />

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Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are [[slow]] and [[Wikt:clumsy|clumsy]] on the ground.<ref name="WWF">World Wildlife Fund (2006). [http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/newguinea/spec_tk.cfm Tree Kangaroos]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref> They move at about the speed a human walks and do not [[Jump|hop]] well (hopping is something that, by contrast, terrestrial kangaroos are famed for).<ref name="WWF" />

However, in trees, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are fearless and agile.<ref name="WWF" /> They [[wikt:climb|climb]] by wrapping their arms around the trunk of a [[tree]] and hopping with their strong back legs.<ref name="WWF" /> This allows their arms to slide. They have very good jumping ability and can [[jump]] from trees to the ground from thirty feet up without hurting themselves.<ref name="WWF" />


===Diet===
===Diet===
[[Image:Dendrolagus goodfellow eating.jpg|thumb|A Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo, eating]]
[[Image:Dendrolagus matschiei eating.jpg|thumb|A Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo, eating]]

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos feed mostly on the leaves of the silkwood tree (''Flindersia pimenteliana'').<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Goodfellow's tree kangaroo | encyclopedia = Funk & Wagnalls Wildlife Encyclopedia | volume = 20 | pages = pg 2397 | publisher = New York: Funk & Wagnalls | date = 1974}}</ref> Other foods are part of their diet when available, including different kinds of [[fruit]], [[cereal]]s, [[flower]]s and [[grass]]es.<ref name="discovery">Discovery Communications Inc. (2006). [http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/tropforest/goodkanga.html Goodfellow's tree kangaroo]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref> They have large stomachs that they use similar to [[fermentation]] vats, much the way the stomachs of [[cow]]s and related [[herbivore]]s digest food.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web | author = Johnson, S. | year = 1999 | title = Dendrolagus goodfellowi | work = Animal Diversity Web | url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dendrolagus_goodfellowi.html
Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos feed mostly on the leaves of the silkwood tree (''Flindersia pimenteliana'').<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Goodfellow's tree kangaroo | encyclopedia = Funk & Wagnalls Wildlife Encyclopedia | volume = 20 | pages = 2397 | publisher = New York: Funk & Wagnalls | date = 1974}}</ref> Other foods are part of their diet when available, including different kinds of [[fruit]], [[cereal]]s, [[flower]]s and [[grass]]es.<ref name="discovery">Discovery Communications Inc. (2006). [http://animal.discovery.com/guides/mammals/habitat/tropforest/goodkanga.html Goodfellow's tree kangaroo]. Retrieved August 3, 2006.</ref>
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| accessdate = 2006-08-03}}</ref> First the food is softened in one part of their stomach, and then by passing the material back up and chewing it again, they can return it to a second part of their stomach.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Loon|first=Dirk|title=The family cow|publisher=Storey Publishing|date=1976|pages=95-97|isbn=978-0-88266-066-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=j-efZMh9_WgC&pg=PA95}}</ref> This is where [[bacteria]] in the stomach's various chambers, breaks down the tough fibers of leaves and grasses.<ref name="Johnson" />

They have large stomachs rather like [[fermentation]] vats. They use a two-stage process like [[cow]]s and related [[herbivore]]s digest food.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite web | author = Johnson, S. | year = 1999 | title = Dendrolagus goodfellowi | work = Animal Diversity Web | url = http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dendrolagus_goodfellowi.html
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| accessdate = 2006-08-03}}</ref> First the food is softened in one part of their stomach, and then by passing the material back up and chewing it again, they can return it to a second part of their stomach.<ref>{{cite book|last=Van Loon|first=Dirk|title=The family cow|publisher=Storey Publishing|date=1976|pages=95–97|isbn=978-0-88266-066-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-efZMh9_WgC&pg=PA95}}</ref> This is where [[bacteria]] in the stomach's various chambers, breaks down the tough fibers of leaves and grasses.<ref name="Johnson" />


==References==
==References==
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[[Image:Dendrolagus goodfellowi looking.jpg|thumb|Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo looking to the side]]
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[[Category:Macropods]]
[[Category:Macropods]]
[[Category:Mammals of Asia]]
[[Category:Mammals of Oceania]]

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Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Dendrolagus
Species:
D. goodfellowi
Binomial name
Dendrolagus goodfellowi
Thomas, 1908[3]
Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo range

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi), or the ornate tree kangaroo, is a marsupial in the biological family Macropodidae.

The family includes kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives,[4] and the genus Dendrolagus, with eleven species.[1]

The species live in the rainforests of New Guinea.[5]

In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are listed as endangered.[2] This is a result of too much hunting of them, and humans living too close to their habitat.[6]

Description

[change | change source]

Like most tree-kangaroos, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos look very different from terrestrial (land) kangaroo species.[7]

Unlike land-living kangaroos, their legs are not long compared to their forelimbs (arms). They are strong and end in hooked claws for grasping tree branches.[7] Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos have long tails for balance.[7] These physical traits help them with a mostly tree-living life.[7] They have short, woolly fur,[7] usually reddish-brown in color, a gray-brown face, yellow-colored cheeks and feet; pale stomachs,[8] long, golden-brown tails, and two golden stripes on their backsides.[9] They weigh about seven kilograms (about 15 pounds).[5]

Behaviour

[change | change source]
Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo looking to the side

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are slow and clumsy on the ground.[9] They move at about the speed a human walks and do not hop well (hopping is something that, by contrast, terrestrial kangaroos are famed for).[9]

However, in trees, Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are fearless and agile.[9] They climb by wrapping their arms around the trunk of a tree and hopping with their strong back legs.[9] This allows their arms to slide. They have very good jumping ability and can jump from trees to the ground from thirty feet up without hurting themselves.[9]

Diet

[change | change source]
A Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo, eating

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos feed mostly on the leaves of the silkwood tree (Flindersia pimenteliana).[10] Other foods are part of their diet when available, including different kinds of fruit, cereals, flowers and grasses.[8]

They have large stomachs rather like fermentation vats. They use a two-stage process like cows and related herbivores digest food.[11] First the food is softened in one part of their stomach, and then by passing the material back up and chewing it again, they can return it to a second part of their stomach.[12] This is where bacteria in the stomach's various chambers, breaks down the tough fibers of leaves and grasses.[11]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; et al. (2008). "Dendrolagus goodfellowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as endangered.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Oldfield (1908). "A new Tree-Kangaroo from British New Guinea". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Ser. 8. 2 (11): 452–453. doi:10.1080/00222930808692512.
  4. ↑ Myers P. (2001). "Macropodidae". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2006-08-05.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Animal Info (1999-2005). Animal Info - Goodfellow's tree kangaroo. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  6. ↑ Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2006). Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo - captive breeding program. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Melbourne Zoo (2006). Animal Fact Sheet: Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo Archived 2006-08-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Discovery Communications Inc. (2006). Goodfellow's tree kangaroo. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 World Wildlife Fund (2006). Tree Kangaroos. Retrieved August 3, 2006.
  10. ↑ "Goodfellow's tree kangaroo". Funk & Wagnalls Wildlife Encyclopedia. Vol. 20. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1974. p. 2397.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Johnson, S. (1999). "Dendrolagus goodfellowi". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  12. ↑ Van Loon, Dirk (1976). The family cow. Storey Publishing. pp. 95–97. ISBN 978-0-88266-066-0.
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