The type species, Bohra paulae was first described in 1982 from material found in Wellington Caves in New South Wales.

[7] They many similarities with tree-kangaroos in their cranio-dental and hind limb morphology,[8] and in spite of its size, shows many of the same arboreal adaptations as its living relatives.

[2] Compared to living tree kangaroos, the species of Bohra are distinguished by proportionally larger cheek teeth and longer upper incisors.

[7] Remains of Bohra illuminata also show morphological similarities to rock wallabies (Petrogale); recent molecular studies suggest that rock wallabies are the closest living relatives of tree-kangaroos, further proving Bohra is of close relation to these groups.

[6] The youngest records of Bohra dates to around the Late Pleistocene, though the precise timing of extinction is uncertain due to a lack of precise dating on remains, though they may have persisted as recently as 22,000 years ago based on Dendrolagus-like DNA found in indeterminate bone fragments from Tunnel Cave in Southwestern Australia.