The baby’s name is Polly and she’s a Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species, with only a few dozen in captivity in the United States.
The kangaroos have a reddish-brown and white coat with small ears and long tails. They’re found in the rainforests of Papau New Guinea, where they spend most of their time climbing trees in high-altitude forests. However, the species is threatened by logging, mining, and drilling. Six Matschie’s Tree Kangaroos were born in captivity in the United States last year as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Species Survival Program.
Born in February, Polly still lives inside of a pouch on her mother’s stomach. A video on the zoo’s Facebook page shows the 1-inch kangaroo crawling into the pouch minutes after her birth. Zoo officials say that they see Polly peeking out frequently and expect her to leave the pouch by December.
