Bennett's tree-kangaroo

Bennett's Tree-kangaroo
Conservation status
	Vu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Dendrolagus
Species:	D. bennettianus
Binomial name
	Dendrolagus bennettianus; De Vris, 1887

Bennett's Tree-kangaroo is a large tree-kangaroo, with the males much larger than the females and weighing up to 14 kg (31 lbs).

Habitat

It is found in both mountain and lowland tropical rain forests south of Cooktown Queensland. It lives almost solely on the leaves and various rainforest trees and vines, particularly the Umbrella Tree. Now that it is rarely hunted by Aborigines any more, its main predators are pythons and dingoes.^[2]

References

^ Cronin, Leonard. (2000). Key Guide. Australian Mammals (Revised Edition). Envirobooks, Annandale, Sydney, Australia. ISBN 0858811723
^ Flannery, Timothy F, Martin, Roger, Szalay, Alexandria. (1996). Tree Kangaroos: A Curious Natural History. Reed Books, Australia. ISBN 0730104923

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[1] Cronin, Leonard. (2000). Key Guide. Australian Mammals (Revised Edition). Envirobooks, Annandale, Sydney, Australia. ISBN 0858811723

[2] Flannery, Timothy F, Martin, Roger, Szalay, Alexandria. (1996). Tree Kangaroos: A Curious Natural History. Reed Books, Australia. ISBN 0730104923

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