It seems to use its furry tail as a rudder during these jumps. It is strictly arboreal and nocturnal, spends the day in a tree hollow, and emerges just after dark to forage. Leaps from branch to branch often cover 2 or 3 meters. The diet consists mostly of leaves. Up to three may share a den, and feeding aggregations of as many as eight have been found in a single tree.
Females have two mammae in the pouch, but usually only one young is reared.
Young have been recorded in the pouch from August to November and riding on the mother's back from October to April.