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{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date = July 2015}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Tree-kangaroo | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Pliocene|Recent}} | image = Matschies tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei at Bronx Zoo 1 cropped.jpg | image_caption = [[Matschie's tree-kangaroo]] (''Dendrolagus matschiei'') | taxon = Dendrolagus | authority = [[Salomon Müller|S. Müller]], 1840 | type_species = ''[[Ursine tree-kangaroo|Dendrolagus ursinus]]'' | type_species_authority = [[Salomon Müller|S. Müller]], 1840 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = About 12; see text }} '''Tree-kangaroos''' are [[marsupial]]s of the [[genus]] '''''Dendrolagus''''', adapted for [[arboreal locomotion]]. They inhabit the [[tropical rainforest]]s of [[New Guinea]] and far northeastern [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] along with some of the islands in the region. All tree-kangaroos are considered [[Threatened species|threatened]] due to hunting and [[habitat destruction]]. They are the only true arboreal [[Macropodidae|macropods]].<ref name="Procter-Gray">{{cite journal|author1=Procter-Gray, E. |author2=Gansiosser, U. |name-list-style=amp |title=The individual behaviors of Lumholtz's Tree-Kangaroo: Repertoire and taxonomic iTree-kangaroosmplications|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|year=1987|volume=67|issue=2|pages=343–352|doi=10.2307/1380888|jstor=1380888 }}</ref>
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