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Dendrolagus matschiei, also known as the Huon Tree-kangaroo, can be found in the Uon Peninsula of North Eastern New Guinea.

The Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo is usually 37-73 inches tall.  The adult male weighs between 20 & 25 pounds and the adult female weighs between 15 & 20 pounds.  Joeys (young) live in their mother's pouch for the first 13 months of their lives.  The average life span in the wild is unknown but is at least 14 years.  Life span for Tree-kangaroos in zoos is about 20 years.

Matschie’s Tree-kangaroos are found in the mountainous rainforests and tend to live alone or with very small groups.  A Tree-kangaroo family is usually made up of a mother, joey and a male.  They spend most of their time in the trees and come down occasionally to feed.  They do not sweat, so they lick their forearms and allow the evaporation to  cool their bodies.  In the wild, they feed on leaves, fruits and mosses.  Their zoo diets are made up of apples, carrots, yams, corn on the cob, celery, kale  and romaine lettuce, high fibre monkey biscuits, tofu, hard boiled eggs, and various types of browse (elm and willow branches and leaves).