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Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Amy Humphreys

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, Dendrolagus, enclosure use, tree kangaroo, understudied

2022


Successful transfer of a Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) pouch young to a yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) surrogate

Authors: David J. McLelland, Kate Fielder, Gayl Males, Nathan Langley, David Schultz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted reproduction, cross-foster, macropod, zoo

2015


Genetic evaluation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Matschie’s tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) captive breeding program

Authors: T.J. McGreevy, L. Dabek, T.P. Husband

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: endangered species, marsupial, mean kinship, microsatellite markers, mtdna control region, papua new guinea

2011


Genetic diversity in captive and wild Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, based on mtDNA control region sequences

Authors: Thomas J. McGreevy, Lisa Dabek, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Thomas P. Husband

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive propagation, endangered species, founder effect, marsupial, noninvasive sampling, species identification

2009


Social behavior of Matschie’s tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei) and its implications for captive management

Authors: Michael Hutchins, Grace Mann Smith, David C. Mead, Susan Elbin, Judie Steenberg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavioral stress, courtship, infanticide, macropodidae, social organization

1991


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