{"id":900279,"date":"2026-09-21T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900279\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:40:17","slug":"perth-zoo-welcomes-new-male-tree-kangaroo-that-could-hold-key-to-facilitys-breeding-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900279\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Zoo welcomes new male tree kangaroo that could hold key to facility\u2019s breeding program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perth Zoo has welcomed a new addition to its breeding program of the endangered Goodfellow\u2019s tree kangaroo.<\/p>\n

New male on the block, Taro, arrived from Victoria recently and will join the zoo\u2019s existing population and keepers hope he will one day help add to it.<\/p>\n

The six-year-old had already taken kindly to his young neighbour, female tree kangaroo Muku, and the feeling seems mutual.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuku is our youngest female tree kangaroo, and she\u2019s shown interest in Taro since he arrived,\u201d fauna keeper Bronte Winterbottom said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve observed both Taro and Muku watching and sniffing each other through their habitats, which are encouraging behaviours as they become familiar with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PerthCamera IconPerth Zoo Australian Fauna Keeper Bronte Winterbottom said the marsupial was settling in well. Credit: Perth Zoo\/Perth Zoo\"TaroCamera IconTaro arrived as part of Perth Zoo\u2019s important role in the globally coordinated breeding program. Credit: Perth Zoo<\/p>\n

If their relationship continues to blossom, the pair will be introduced for breeding in the future, zoo staff said.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Taro was happily making himself at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike all our new arrivals, we\u2019ve been letting Taro lead the way. Working on his terms has given him the time and space he needs to get comfortable,\u201d Ms Winterbottom said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day we\u2019re seeing him become more confident and curious, and his personality is really starting to shine through.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth Zoo has welcomed a new addition to its breeding program of the endangered Goodfellow\u2019s tree kangaroo. New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1313,64,63,44],"class_list":["post-900279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-animals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}