Talk:Tree-kangaroo

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 ]

"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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

Cursory views of tree kangaroos in the wild show that they can (unusually) move their hindlegs independently. This is an arboreal adaptation that I feel requires mentioning in the "description" section. 38.112.100.65 (talk) 16:49, 5 December 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

Not done: it's probably worth mentioning, but please provide proposed text and a citation to a WP:RS reliable source. Thanks. --Stfg (talk) 18:29, 5 December 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

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I moved a section that did not discuss taxonomy in general, but referred to status of various sub-species/species. I feel that an overview of the current species was more useful before such a discussion. If a general discussion on taxonomy was written, that would be appropriate in the position below the heading Taxonomy, or so it seems to me. Brunswicknic (talk) 09:51, 3 May 2017 (UTC) [reply ]

Im concerned that Wikipedia is not for everyone on all walks of life this is not okay you're not going to every aspect of what happened in the beginning so please do that for the greater good of everyone. Please respect my opinion ! STOP JUDGING ME AND EVERYONE'S OPINION!!!!!! If you would like to talk just you know find out how .104.158.246.5 (talk) 16:26, 1 March 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

Im not getting rights here to publish a good edit. 104.158.246.5 (talk) 16:39, 1 March 2022 (UTC) [reply ]

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