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TIL tree kangaroos are marsupials inhabiting the lowland and mountainous rainforests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the far north of Queensland, Australia. Living up in the foliage, these species look like a cross between a kangaroo and a lemur. There are 14 known species of tree kangaroo.

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