[3] Like other tree-kangaroos it has longer forelimbs and shorter hindlimbs than terrestrial kangaroos and a long bushy tail.

It is mostly dark brown above and lighter fawn on chin, throat and lower abdomen.

This very elusive (or "cryptic") tree-kangaroo is found in both mountain and lowland tropical rain forests south of Cooktown, Queensland to just north of the Daintree River; an area of only about 70 km by 50 km (44 miles by 31 miles).

[5][6] Although the IUCN still rates the status of Bennett's tree-kangaroo as "near threatened",[2] its numbers seem to be increasing and its range expanding.

Both Roger Martin and Lewis Roberts, two of the world's top experts on this species, agree that it should now be classified as "secure".