All printables
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo — printable fact sheet
Free to print or save as PDF. Great for classrooms, homeschooling, and young explorers.
Creature Atlas
Animal Fact Sheet
Name: ____________________
Date: ____________________
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Dendrolagus matschiei
Dendrolagus matschiei lives only on the Huon Peninsula of Papua New Guinea, and it is a kangaroo that went back up a tree. Its ancestors were ground-dwelling macropods, and re-adapting to the canopy required undoing a lot of kangaroo: the hind legs shortened relative to a ground…
Did you know?
- Matschie's Tree Kangaroo is one of only about 2,500 individuals remaining in the wild, making it one of the rarest kangaroos in the world.
- Tree kangaroos sweat only from the nose, and they lick their forearms and let the saliva evaporate to cool down - the same trick a ground kangaroo uses. The YUS Conservation Area was created not by government purchase but by clans committing their own customary land, and it protects the tree kangaroo alongside a coffee-growing scheme that gives the same communities income. Matschie's tree kangaroos carry their joeys for around 10 months, one of the longest pouch lives of any marsupial.
What I learned
Draw the matschie's tree kangaroo
© Creature Atlas · www.creatureatlas.com · Free for classroom & personal use
Want the whole set?
Get printable fact-sheet packs, coloring pages, and classroom worksheet bundles for dozens of animals — ready to download and print.
Browse printable packsGet a free printable each week
Join the newsletter for a new Creature of the Week + printables.