Experts in England are using tiny cameras to monitor the development of the tree kangaroo cub. A name for the rare animal is still being sought.
01/14/2026, 04:2701/14/2026, 04:27
The little animal with its big eyes looks out of its mother Kitawa’s pouch curiously and still a little uncertainly: In a zoo in Chester, England, a rare baby tree kangaroo is having its first experiences with the outside world.
The undated photo shows Chester Zoo’s tree kangaroo cub emerging from its pouch for the first time.Image: chester zoo
The animal was born a few months ago, but the little kangaroo has only now ventured out of the pouch, as the zoo announced. The still unnamed male currently weighs around 1.85 kilograms and was about the size of a small bean at birth.
According to the zoo, experts inserted tiny cameras into the mother’s pouch to track the cub’s development. The images from the bag provide valuable information about the rare animals. These could “support and hopefully accelerate our global efforts to conserve this species,” said tree kangaroo expert Matthew Lloyd, according to the statement.
Tree kangaroos are native to Papua New Guinea. The marsupial species is considered to be critically endangered. The baby was born to mother Kitawa and father Kayjo as part of an international breeding program to preserve the species.
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