树袋鼠是生活在树上的袋鼠科动物。它们分布在新几内亚、昆士兰极东北区及邻近岛屿的雨林。虽然大部份都是生活在山区之中,当中也有几个物种栖息在低地中,如皂树袋鼠。大部份树袋鼠都因猎杀及失去栖息地而被列为濒危。
比如,波多·罗伊德袋鼠会给自己做巢而树袋鼠则生活在树丛中。
For example, many Lloyd kangaroo wave will make its own nest and the tree kangaroos live in the bush.
这只罕见的金披风树袋鼠是2005年底由美国、澳大利亚、印度尼西亚3国科学家在印尼的一座孤岛上发现的。
The golden-mantled tree kangaroo is just one of dozens of species discovered in late 2005 by a team of Indonesian, Australian, and U.S. scientists on the island of New Guinea.
在1980年代,一幅人熊的照片送至澳大利亚科学家Tim Flannery,他最初将这种生物定性为树袋鼠。
In the 1980s, a photograph of the Bondegezou was sent to Australian research scientist Tim Flannery, who initially identified the creature as a young tree kangaroo.
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