奇妙岛屿 02

About the size of a Labrador

and with bear-like features

it is amazingly a type of kangaroo, a tree kangaroo

It lives at a higher altitude than any other kangaroo

hence the woolly coat.

Kangaroos usually feed on grass

but here on New Guinea,

they've climbed into the trees where the greenery is more abundant

So the dingiso is a kangaroo which lives high in the mountains and climbs trees

But then islands do have a habit of producing rather unusual animals

Why?

Because islands offer fresh opportunities to the creatures that find their way there.

With no monkeys in New Guinea

the freedom to browse in the trees has gone to the kangaroos