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Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo

  
The Life of Animals | Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo | Like other tree-kangaroos, Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo is quite different in appearance from terrestrial kangaroos. Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo has short, Woolly fur usually chestnut to red-brown in color, a gray-brown face, yellow-colored cheeks and feet; a pale belly, a long, golden brown tail, and two golden stripes on its backside. It weighs approximately 7 kg (about 15 lb)




Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo is slow and Clumsy on the ground, moving at about walking pace and hopping awkwardly, Leaning its body far forward to balance the heavy tail. It climbs by wrapping its forelimbs around the trunk of a tree and hopping with the powerful Hind legs, allowing the forelimbs to slide.