Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo The Endemic Animal in West Papua
The Wondiwoi tree kangaroo is medium in size and has the forearm muscles to pull its body against the tree trunk and move around the branches by climbing and jumping. He was found in a forest full of bamboo thickets at an altitude of 1,500-1,700 meters.
Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo - Wikipedia
The Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus mayri) is a critically endangered, bear-like mammal native to tropical mountain forests on the island of New Guinea in Western Papua. Elusive and rare, it was considered extinct until rediscovery in 2018.
Elusive Tree Kangaroo Spotted for First Time in 90 Years
2018年9月27日 · But when biologist Ernst Mayr first spotted the marsupial in the mountains of West Papua, New Guinea, in 1928, he described it as more of a hybrid monkey-bear. The Wondiwoi tree kangaroo...
Encountering the World’s Most Endangered Kangaroo: The …
2024年7月4日 · Smith’s serendipitous discovery of Wondiwoi tree kangaroos, known as the world’s rarest and most endangered kangaroo, highlights their precarious existence due to human-related threats like palm oil deforestation, rare …
Rare tree kangaroo, thought extinct for 90 years, photographed in ...
2018年10月12日 · Experts thought it was extinct, but now for the first time in almost a century, a British tourist traveling in West Papua has seen and photographed what is thought to be a Wondiwoi tree...
Papuan Tree Kangaroo Made Its Appearance in West Papuan …
2018年9月28日 · Tree Kangaroo has forearm muscles to pull its body to the trunk and move around the branches by climbing and jumping. He was found in a forest full of bamboo shrubs at an altitude of 1,500-1,700 meters.
Rare Tree Kangaroo Reappears After Vanishing for 90 Years
2018年9月25日 · Rare Tree Kangaroo Reappears After Vanishing for 90 Years. Once thought to be extinct, the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo has just been photographed in a remote New Guinea mountain range.
Papua New Guinea’s Tree Kangaroo - Paga
2021年2月11日 · Papua New Guinea’s Tree Kangaroo Thursday, 11 February 2021. Distinctive in appearance, remarkable in their climbing ability and renowned for the heights they can jump, tree kangaroos are among the truly unique wildlife endemic to Papua New Guinea.
New Trip Report: West Papua 2023 – Mammal Watching
2023年7月22日 · A bit of a mega trip, with 59 species in just over two weeks including Grizzled and Vogelkop’s Tree Kangaroos, Western Long-beaked Echidna, Long-fingered Triok, Feathertailed Possum, four ringtail possum species, three cuscus species, New Guinea Jumping Mouse and a whole lot more.
The West Papua Kangaroo: golden-mantled tree-kangaroo
2020年7月18日 · Papua kangaroos have a smaller size compared to Australian kangaroos. There are two genus kangaroos, namely dendrolagus (tree kangaroos) and thylogale (ground kangaroos). Both are included in rare categories so that …