1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TREE KANGAROO, any individual of the diprotodont marsupial genus Dendrolagus (see MARSUPIALIA) . Three species are inhabitants of New Guinea and the fourth is found in North Queensland. They differ greatly from all other members of the family (Macropodidae), being chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feeding on bark, leaves and fruit. Their hinder limbs are shorter than in the true kangaroos, and their fore limbs are longer and more robust, and have very strong curved and pointed claws. The best-known species, Lum…
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