Bennetts tree-kangaroo vs Green wattle

Dendrolagus bennettianus compared with Acacia decurrens

Key Differences

• Bennetts tree-kangaroo is Near Threatened while Green wattle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bennetts tree-kangaroo	Green wattle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Macropodidae (Kangaroos)	Fabaceae
Genus	Dendrolagus	Acacia
Species	Dendrolagus bennettianus	Acacia decurrens

Conservation Status

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

NT — Near Threatened

Green wattle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bennetts tree-kangaroo	Green wattle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green wattle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan and Neotropic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (6 countries), North America (Haiti, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

Bennetts tree-kangaroo

The Bennetts tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) is a species in the genus Dendrolagus. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.