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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.〔Cronin (2000).〕 ==Habitat== 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). It is also occasionally found in sclerophyll woodlands. It lives almost completely on the leaves of a wide range rainforest trees, notably ''Schefflera actinophylla'' (the Umbrella Tree), vines, ferns and various wild fruits.〔Martin (2005).〕 ==Diet== The Bennett's tree-kangaroo is a herbivore.It mostly eats leaves off 33 different plant species. Now that it is rarely hunted by Aborigines, its main predators are pythons and the dingo. It is thought to be the closest tree-kangaroo to the ancestral form.〔Martin et al (1996), pp. 94–95.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bennett's tree-kangaroo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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