
Adorable footage from Perth Zoo shows a baby tree kangaroo poking its head out of its mother's pouch.

He flips his tail and pops his head in and out of his mothers' pouch while she eats a stick of broccoli, seemingly disinterested in the zookeepers cooing in the background.

Six-month-old Mian is the first tree kangaroo to be born at the zoo in 36 years. The species is hugely endangered and his birth makes him one of only 15 males in the global species management program.

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Six-month-old Mian has begun to poke his head out of his mother Kaluli's pouch for the first time, to the delight of Perth Zoo zookeepers

Adorable video footage shows Mian, who was named after a province in Papua New Guinea, popping in and out as his mother eats broccoli

Australian Fauna Keeper Kerry Pickles said the zoo used some ingenuity to reap as much information from Mian's birth as possible while trying not to disturb Kaluli, his mother.

'The joey was first confirmed in Kaluli's pouch, when it was estimated to be only four days of age. We used a small camera to ensure the least intervention to the tree kangaroo mother,' she said.

'We've learnt some invaluable information about the species.

'We were able to see when toe nails developed, when Mian's eyes opened, his first smattering of fur and when he started to poke his head out of his mother's pouch'.

The miracle birth came after the introduction of Mian's dad Huli last year.

He arrived in Perth from a Queensland Zoo last year and will now be introduced to other females in the program in the hopes of helping to repopulate the species.

Danielle Henry from Perth Zoo told Daily Mail Australia that while the tree kangaroo and the standard red kangaroo were similar in their anatomy, the two were very different on the outside.

'They are much more capable with their hands, they can climb trees,' she said.

The region in Papua New Guinea they come from, there are no monkey or primate species.

'These guys pretty much act like a monkey to an extent within the rainforest canopy - whereas our ground dwelling kangaroos definitely don't.'

Ms Henry said the tree kangaroo was an agile and durable animal that could also drop from great heights to the ground without injuring themselves.

The animals have a similar anatomy to red kangaroos, but physically act more like monkeys. They can climb trees and drop from great heights without harming themselves

The tree kangaroo is hugely endangered and Mian is one of only 15 males in the breeding program designed to save the species