Talk:Tree-kangaroo

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Press reports as of 2006 are touting the Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo as a newly discovered species. This isn't true; the animal was known previously and named by Timothy Fridtjof Flannery in 1993; it is generally considered a subspecies in the Dendrolagus goodfellowi complex [1]. The significance of the recent finds is that the animal had not been seen in the wild for some years and it was feared it might be extinct. Gdr 14:45, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Different to what?

"Although the arrangement of the stomach compartments in kangaroos is quite different, the end result is similar."

If we take this on face value then the stomach arrangement in tree kangaroos is very different to that in terrestrial kangaroos, which seems unlikely. Alternatively maybe it is meant to imply that the arrangement in tree kangaroos is very different to that in ruminants, but it doesn't say that. Can we clarify this.

Also where do the terrestrial tree kangaroos such as the dingiso fit within this article? They seem to have ben neglected.Ethel Aardvark 08:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've clarified which difference is being referred. Tree-kangaroos have a diet similar to eutherian runimants, but their stomach construction is different.

I have little knowledge about the terrestrial tree-kangaroos like the Dingiso. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Evolution

Where came the information about the genera's evolution? I can't find anything that says that they evolve from wallaby-like animals. (Just to be clear, I'm not a creationist, I just want to have the references for the article right, because I'm translating it for the spanish-speaker wikipedia). For the diet and anatomy I can find something on the web (I think). thanks .--200.90.245.160 (talk) 14:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC) (comu_nacho)[reply]

Taxonomic Order?

Are these animals of the order 'Diprotodontia' as is suggested by the reference to tree-kangaroos on the Diprotodontia page? Leegee23 (talk) 14:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone ID this critter for me? :O)

Just interested if this is a Tree-kangeroo (and if so, which one):

http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4553933

I note that in the picture (see link above) that it is called a Wallaby?

Thanks

122.150.200.116 (talk) 13:07, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]