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= ﻿ ﻿﻿﻿Tree kangaroo    By: Anthony Riccardo    Kingdom - A﻿ ﻿ ﻿nimalia    Phylum - Chordala    Class - Mammalia    Order - Diprotodontia    Family - Macropodidae    Genus - Dendrolaqus    Species - Dendrolaqus Matschiei

Movement   All Tree Kangaroo's are agile in trees. Tree kangaroo's can leap as much as 9 meters from tree to tree. When Tree kangaroo are in trees and they want to go down they use there long skinny hind feet to go down the tree. They always go down feet first. The tree kangaroo's can survive a fall from 18 meters down from a tree. How they is they hop. They can also hop as fast as 4.8 km/hr. Metabolism  Tree kangaroo's eat 15-20 per hour every day. These tree kangaroo's eat all different things like leaves,wild fruit,flowers, nuts,insects,bark,sap,bird eggs, and young birds. Growth and Development  For a tree kangaroo to reach its full maturity it takes 2 years. Tree kangaroo's very smaller then a regular kangaroo. A regular kangaroo weighs about 200 pounds and stands to be 6.5 feet tall. But, a tree kangaroo is about the size of a raccoon and weigh between 5 kg and 90 kg. Family- Macropodidae  Here are 4 examples in the Macropodidae family   1. Bennett's tree kangaroo  2. Huon tree kangaroo  3. Papuan forest wallaby  4. Agile wallaby     General Characteristics   All tree kangaroo's are marsupials. Female tree kangaroo's carry there children in there pouches. The members of the family macropodidae weighs between 5 kg and 90 kg. Tree kangaroo's have long skinny hind feet and strong back legs. Tree kangaroo's use there tails for balance. Tree kangaroo's hop to move. = Difference between female and male Females have a pouch that carries there children and males do not have a pouch. Males have a territory that is 11 acres and females territory is 4.5 acres. Why males have a bigger territory then females is because males have two or more females to reproduction.

Responses to stimuli Tree kangaroo's are agile in trees. They also travel rapidly from tree to tree. They use there tails for balance.

Reproduction

Tree kangaroo's gestation period takes 39 to 45 days. The gestation period for a marsupial normally have one offspring at a time 12 months before weaned and independent. They stay in there mothers pouch until they are about 1 years old.

sources: 1. [| http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dendrolagus_matschiei.html] 2. current science