| Bennett's tree-kangaroo[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Dendrolagus |
| Species: | D. bennettianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrolagus bennettianus De Vis, 1887
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| Bennett's tree-kangaroo range | |
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 (17.6 to 23 lbs). 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.[3]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 59. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Winter, J.; Burnett, S.; Martin, R. (2019). "Dendrolagus bennettianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6426A21957127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T6426A21957127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Cronin (2000).