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Ursine tree-kangaroo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dendrolagus ursinus, Black tree kangaroo
species of mammal
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Ursine tree-kangaroo appears in Vinony's Vulnerable Species collection — one of 16,386 entries.
Vinony's link graph records 197 inbound references to Ursine tree-kangaroo, and connects out to Indonesia, Animalia and mammal.
It is catalogued under topics including Endemic fauna of Indonesia, Fauna listed on CITES Appendix II and IUCN Red List vulnerable species.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
VulnerableMaximum longevity: 20 years (captivity) Observations: One captive specimen was estimated to be around 20 years old when it died (Richard Weigl 2005).
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tree-kangaroo
- Image
- Dendrolagus ursinus Gould.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons category
- Dendrolagus ursinus
- taxon name
- Dendrolagus ursinus
- taxon common name
- Bären-Baumkänguru
- longest observed lifespan
- 20
- short name
- D. ursinus
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ursine tree-kangaroo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.