Kangaroos in Papua Indonesia

Kangaroos in Papua Indonesia
Kangaroos are found not only in Autralia only. It turned out that in Indonesia, precisely in Papua, also has a Kangaroo, which have characteristics spisies pouch in his stomach (Marsupial). Papua kangaroo has a smaller size compared with the Australian Kangaroos. Unfortunately Kangaroo Kangaroo consisting of land and started a rare tree kangaroo that includes animals (wildlife), Indonesia, which is protected from extinction.


Kangaroo Papua consists of two genera namely dendrolagus (Tree Kangaroo) and thylogale (Kangaroo Land). Tree kangaroo much of his life there in the tree. Even so, those animals were also often go down to the ground, for example when looking for drinking water. Snout more pointed shape tree kangaroos compared with muzzle kangaroo land. Its tail is rather long and rounded, bushy from the base to its tail. While on land kangaroo front legs shorter than the hind legs, paws are even smaller. Snout rather blunt and not hairy. Increasingly pointed to the tip of his tail, his fur is so dense.

Kangaroo Land (lau-lau or paunaro):

Thylogale brunii (Dusky Pademelon) is the smallest kangaroo species in the world. Weighing between 3-6 pounds, but there are also 10 kilograms. Body length about 90 inches with a width of about 50 centimeters. Endangered species are endemic animals of Papua, and only found in Papua in lowland areas in the forests of southern Papua, and Papua New Guinea. In Indonesia there brunii Thylogale among others in the National Park Wasur
   (District Thylogale stigmata, Merauke) and Gunung Lorentz National Park (Mimika).


 
Thylogale stigmata (red-legged pademelon) is a species that lived on the south coast of Papua. Thylogale stigmata have brighter skin color is golden brown.  

Thylogale brownii (Brown's pademelon). Besides in Papua, the animal was also found in Papua New Guinea. 















Tree kangaroos (lau-lau):

Dendrolagus pulcherrimus (Golden mantled Tree Kangaroo) is a kind of tree kangaroo found only in mountainous jungle island of New Guinea. This species has short fine hairs light brown. Neck, cheeks and legs yellowish.The down side is pale-colored belly with two golden lines Dendrolagus pulcherrimusdipunggungnya. Long tail and not prehensil with bright circles.

Appearances Kangaroo-Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo is similar to ornamental trees. The difference is that Kangaroo-golden-mantled tree has a face the color lighter or Pink, golden shoulders, white ears and smaller than Kangaroo Ornamental trees. Some experts put the Kangaroos-Golden-mantled Tree Kangaroo as a subspecies of Ornamental trees.

Kangaroo-golden-mantled tree is one-tree kangaroo species are most threatened of extinction among all tree kangaroos. This species is already extinct in most of its original habitat

Dendrolagus goodfellowi (called Kangaroo Tree Kangaroo Goodfellow or ornamental tree or Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo) is a type of tree kangaroos are the most frequently encountered. Their skin color chocolate brown and there are many in the rainforests of Papua New Guinea.

Dendrolagus mbaiso (referred to as Mbaiso or Dingiso Tree Kangaroo) Kangaroo is found in high montane forest and subalpine shrubs in the Peak Sudirman. This tree kangaroo has black fur with white combination in the chest.
Dengrolagus dorianus or known as the Tree Kangaroo Doria's Ndomea or Tree-kangaroo.

Dendrolagus ursinus (called Vogelkop Tree Kangaroo Tree-kangaroo or Nemena) is the earliest tree kangaroo terklasifikasikan. Have long ears and long tail and black.

 
 

 Dendrolagus inustus also known as the Tree Kangaroo Grizzled Tree-Wakera or kangaroo.

Dendrolagus stellarum also known as the Seri's Tree-kangaroo. This tree kangaroo found in Tembagapura.

Classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: mammals; Infrakelas: Marsupial; Order: Diprotodontia; Family: Macropodidae Genus: Dendrolagus and Thylogale

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