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The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:17, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Ursine tree-kangaroo[edit]

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Ursine tree-kangaroo by John Gould

... that the ursine tree-kangaroo (pictured) is rated as "vulnerable" as it is hunted for food and its numbers are decreasing? Source: "This species is threatened by hunting by local people for food" and "It has lost a significant portion of its range (and hence population) in the last 60-70 years."

Reviewed: Nicholas Muellner

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:37, 8 April 2018 (UTC).

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Cwmhiraeth: Expanded >5*, copyvio 2%, sources checked, all cited. Fascinating kangaroo. All clear as far as I can see. Out of interest, why 'fawn' not 'brown' when source says coffee-colour underside and why 40 cm when source says tail from 41cm? Whispyhistory (talk) 15:45, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

And why not use the image in the article? Philafrenzy (talk) 15:56, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

@Whispyhistory: I thought fawn was as good as brown when the source stated coffee-coloured - I was thinking of milky coffee. Tail length, well, I rounded it; if the range had been 41 to 54 cm, I would have quoted it accurately, but here it is 41 to 94 cm. As for the picture, I was not too bothered. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:17, 9 April 2018 (UTC)