Editing Tree-kangaroo (section)

==Behaviour==

===Locomotion===
Tree-kangaroos are slow and clumsy on the ground. They move at approximately human walking pace and hop awkwardly, leaning their body far forward to balance the heavy tail. However, in trees, they are bold and agile. They climb by wrapping their forelimbs around the trunk of a tree and, while allowing the forelimbs to slide, hop up the tree using their powerful hind legs. They are expert leapers; {{convert|9|m|ft}} downward jumps from one tree to another have been recorded and they have the extraordinary ability to jump to the ground from {{convert|18|m|ft}} or more without being hurt.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

===Diet===
The main diet of the tree-kangaroo is leaves and fruit that it gathers from the trees, but occasionally scavenged from the ground. Tree-kangaroos will also eat grains, flowers, various nuts, sap and tree bark.<ref name="panda1"/> Some captive tree-kangaroos (perhaps limited to New Guinea species) eat protein foods such as eggs, birds and snakes, making them [[omnivore]]s.<ref name="Martin">{{cite book|title=Tree-kangaroos of Australia and New Guinea|editor=Roger Martin|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A4SUo1QTn-sC&q=diet&pg=PR5|isbn=978-0-643-09072-9}}</ref>

===Reproduction===
Little is known about the reproduction of tree-kangaroos in the wild. The only published data are from captive individuals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tree-kangaroo.net/tkInfo.html |title=Tree-Kangaroo and Mammal Group - helping to conserve North Queensland's rich mammal fauna - TREE KANGAROO INFO |publisher=Tree-kangaroo.net |access-date=2013-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193638/http://www.tree-kangaroo.net/tkInfo.html |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}</ref> Female tree-kangaroos reach sexual maturity as early as 2.04 years of age and males at 4.6 years.  The female's fertile period is estimated to be approximately two months. They have one of the longest marsupial offspring development/maturation periods; pouch life for the young is 246–275 days long and weaning occurs 87–240 days later.<ref name="Johnson">{{cite journal|title=Reproduction of Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi (Marsupialia : Macropodidae) in captivity, with age estimation and development of the pouch young|author1=Johnson, P.M.  |author2=Delean, S. |name-list-style=amp |journal=Wildlife Research|volume=30|issue=5|pages=505–512|year=2003|doi=10.1071/wr02090|bibcode=2003WildR..30..505J }}</ref>