Grizzled Tree Kangaroo
The grizzled tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus inustus'') is a furry, long-tailed, bear-like mammal native to tropical rainforests on the island of New Guinea (split between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea). Like most tree-kangaroos (genus ''Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus''), it lives in trees and eats leaves, fruit, and bark. It is a member of the macropod family Macropodidae with kangaroos, and carries its young in a pouch like other Marsupial, marsupials. The tree-kangaroo is uncommon and threatened by hunting and habitat loss. It is found in foothill forests of northern and western New Guinea and is Indigenous species, indigenous to some of the offshore islands.Flannery, T. 1995. ''Mammals of New Guinea.'' Reed Books. Description The grizzled tree-kangaroo grows to a length of about with males being considerably larger than females. It resembles a Kangaroo, terrestrial kangaroo and its weight varies between about . The head is small, with a flat muzzle, the arms are powerful for climb ...
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Salomon Müller
Salomon Müller (7 April 1804 – 29 December 1864) was a German naturalist. He was born in Heidelberg, and died in Freiburg im Breisgau. Müller was the son of a saddler in Heidelberg. Along with Heinrich Boie and Heinrich Christian Macklot, he was sent by Coenraad Jacob Temminck to collect specimens in the East Indies. Here, he worked as an assistant for the ''Natuurkundige Commissie'' (Commission for Natural Sciences), an organization that he eventually became a member of.Nationaal Herbarium Nederland
(biography). Müller arrived in in 1826, then journeyed to