About the size of a Labrador
and with bear-like features
it is amazingly a type of kangaroo, a tree kangaroo
It lives at a higher altitude than any other kangaroo
hence the woolly coat.
Kangaroos usually feed on grass
but here on New Guinea,
they've climbed into the trees where the greenery is more abundant
So the dingiso is a kangaroo which lives high in the mountains and climbs trees
But then islands do have a habit of producing rather unusual animals
Why?
Because islands offer fresh opportunities to the creatures that find their way there.
With no monkeys in New Guinea
the freedom to browse in the trees has gone to the kangaroos