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==Captivity== {{expand section|date=September 2022}} As of 2021 five of the species are held in captivity. These include populations of Goodfellow's (''D. goodfellowi'') and Matschie's (''D. matschiei''), with smaller numbers of Lumholtz's (''D. lumholtzi''), Grizzled (''D. inustus''), and Doria's (''D. dorianus'') tree kangaroos.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blessington |first1=Jacque |last2=Steenberg |first2=Judie |last3=Schwartz |first3=Karin R |last4=Schürer |first4=Ulrich |last5=Smith |first5=Brett |last6=Richardson |first6=Megan |last7=Jaffar |first7=Razak |last8=Ford |first8=Claire |date=2021 |editor-last1=Dabek |editor-first1= Lisa |editor-last2= Valentine|editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3= Blessington|editor-first3=Jacque |editor-last4=Schwartz |editor-first4= Karin R |title=Tree Kangaroos Science and Conservation A volume in Biodiversity of World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes |publisher=Elsevier |pages=249–269 |chapter=Chapter 18 - Tree Kangaroo Populations in Managed Facilities|chapter-url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128146750000208#! |isbn=978-0-12-814675-0}}</ref> These are being kept in a variety of facilities across North America, Oceania, and Europe, with smaller holdings in Asia. The [[World Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] coordinates with regional zoological associations to ensure the coordination of breeding programs to maintain viable breeding populations and genetic diversity outside of the wild populations. In November 2014 at the [[Adelaide Zoo]], an orphaned tree-kangaroo joey was transferred to the pouch of a yellow-footed rock-wallaby when his mother was killed by a falling branch. The joey survived, having been successfully reared by the surrogate mother rock-wallaby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-30/adelaide-zoo-transfer-orphaned-joey-surrogate-wallaby-mother/6583042|title=Adelaide Zoo transfer orphaned joey surrogate wallaby mother|work=ABC News|date=30 June 2015}}</ref> On April 29, 2022, the [[Bronx Zoo]] announced the birth of a Matschie's tree kangaroo joey, the first of its species born at the zoo since 2008. The joey was the size of a human thumbnail at birth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Joey Is the Bronx Zoo's First Since 2008 |url=https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17492/Matschies-Tree-Kangaroo-Joey-Is-the-Bronx-Zoos-First-Since-2008.aspx |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=newsroom.wcs.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
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