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Bennett's tree-kangaroo

Dendrolagus bennettianus De Vis, 1886

NTNear Threatenedmarsupials

The bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 9.3 kg to 12.6 kg and live up to 15.7 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

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Quick facts about the bennett's tree-kangaroo

Weight
9.3 kg – 12.6 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
15.7 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
20 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
32 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

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Where does the bennett's tree-kangaroo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bennett's tree-kangaroo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the bennett's tree-kangaroo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) is a large tree-kangaroo. Males can weigh from 11.5 kg up to almost 14 kg (25 to 31 lbs), while the females range between about 8 to 10.6 kg (18 to 23 lb). They are very agile and are able to leap 9 metres (30 ft) down to another branch and have been known to drop as far as 18 metres (59 ft) to the ground without injury.

From the Wikipedia article “Bennett's tree-kangaroo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bennett%27s_tree-kangaroo&oldid=1360614679), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bennett's tree-kangaroo endangered?

The bennett's tree-kangaroo is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the bennett's tree-kangaroo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusDendrolagus
  7. SpeciesDendrolagus bennettianus De Vis, 1886
Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Bennett s tree-kangarooEnglish
  • Bennett's tree kangarooEnglish
  • Bennett's tree kangarooEnglish
  • Bennett's tree kangarooEnglish
  • Bennett’s tree kangarooEnglish
  • Dusty tree kangarooEnglish
  • Dusty tree-kangarooEnglish
  • Dusty tree-kangarooEnglish
  • TcharibbeenaEnglish
  • TcharibbeenaEnglish
  • كنغر الشجر بينيتArabic
  • Bennett-BaumkänguruGerman
  • Canguro ArborSpanish
  • Canguro Arborícola De BennettSpanish
  • cooktowninpuukenguruFinnish
  • Dendrolague De BennettFrench
  • Bennett-kúszókenguruHungarian
  • Canguro arboricolo di BennettItalian
  • ベネットキノボリカンガルーJapanese
  • BennettrekenguruNorwegian Bokmål
  • BennettboomkangoeroeDutch
  • Drzewiak BennettaPolish
  • drzewiak czarnostopyPolish
  • Canguru-Arborícola-de-BennettPortuguese
  • Кенгуру БеннеттаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bennett's tree-kangaroo

Other species in the same genus Dendrolagus.

EN, Endangered

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Dendrolagus mbaiso

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Common questions

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How big is the bennett's tree-kangaroo?

An adult bennett's tree-kangaroo weighs 9.3 kg – 12.6 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bennett's tree-kangaroo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bennett's tree-kangaroo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the bennett's tree-kangaroo endangered?

The bennett's tree-kangaroo is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

How long does the bennett's tree-kangaroo live?

The bennett's tree-kangaroo has a recorded lifespan of 15.7 years.

How long is the bennett's tree-kangaroo pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 32 days.

What kind of animal is the bennett's tree-kangaroo?

The bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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BibTeX
@misc{bennetts_tree_kangaroo_2026,
  title = {Bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bennetts-tree-kangaroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}