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The 2000 IUCN Redlist classifies Matschie's tree kangaroos as
endangered. Tree kangaroos are primarily threatened by hunting
for meat and habitat destruction from logging, mining, oil exploration
and agriculture. There are no accurate estimates of the number
that survive in the wild, and the tree kangaroo SSP is funding
ongoing research in the field to procure this information. Ongoing
field research is being conducted to determine the conservation
status of Matschie's tree kangaroos in the wild. Successful captive
breeding of this species has improved due to improved reproductive
husbandry protocols.
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