New Tree Kangaroo joey

 

TARONGA ZOO SYDNEY via REUTERS

Taronga Zoo in Sydney has welcomed a new Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo joey.  The 28-week-old male joey, who is yet to be named, has only just begun to pop his head and shoulders out of his mum's pouch.

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo also called the ornate tree-kangaroo, belongs to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives, and the genus Dendrolagus, with eleven other species. The species is native to the rainforests of New Guinea, and the border of central Irian Jaya in Indonesia.