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Researching the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo
Researching the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo
CWRU Senior Capstone Student Sarah Miller at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo fall 2020. Sarah’s project studies the effects of dietary browse consumption on behavior and activity levels.
Dr. Noah Dunham, Research Curator at CMZ, is conducting work on the implications of offering a naturalistic, browse-based diet for tree kangaroos in zoos.
Tree kangaroo, Sausi, sitting on a scale for her weekly weighing session to provide body weight data for diet and reproductive research projects.
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has been a supporter of the TKCP for over 20 years.
Outcomes from research on wild tree kangaroos is applied to a zoological setting.
Ongoing projects and contributors
Bold = BioScience Alliance Affiliates
Koester, Diana C., Laura Amendolagine, Pam Dennis, Andy Loudon. Initiated 2018. Examining potential factors affecting the reproductive endocrinology and breeding success of Matschie's tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei).
Dunham Noah, Diana Koester, Sam Bowman, Sarah Miller. Initiated 2019. Preliminary investigation of total energy expenditure, nutrient intake, fiber digestibility, and feeding behavior in zoo-housed tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei): implications for health and husbandry.
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