Footage of the rare Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo, who can climb trees like a monkey, is captured in a zoo in Perth.

The clip, filmed in May 2019, shows the endangered Macropodidae happily climbing around its enclosure.

"Tree-kangaroos are agile in the trees, but slow and clumsy on the ground. They use their long tails for balance, but are not able to grip branches with them as are some types of monkeys," nature enthusiast Bob Humphries told Newsflare.

Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) is also called the Ornate Tree-kangaroo because of the beautiful patterning on its coat. Tree-kangaroos are marsupials that belong to the family Macropodidae (meaning big foot) that includes terrestrial kangaroos and wallabies. There are 12 species of Tree-kangaroos, two of which are found in Queensland rainforests, the others in New Guinea. Tree-kangaroos are agile in the trees, but slow and clumsy on the ground. They use their long tails for balancing, but are not able to grip branches with them as are some types of monkeys. Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroos are omnivorous, and feed on leaves, flowers, fruits, insects and occasionally eggs and small birds. Most species of Tree-kangaroos are threatened by habitat loss, and in New Guinea, over-hunting. This Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo is climbing around in its enclosure at Perth Zoo in Western Australia.

Tree kangaroos look like marsupial bears, but can climb trees like monkeys. rare and endangered species