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Pademelon
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see kangaroo.
More on Pademelon
Kangaroo - name for a variety of hopping marsupials, or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii
The Tasmanian Pademelon is now restricted to Tasmania though it used to exist on the mainland.
Red-legged Pademelon - profile
Scientific name: Thylogale stigmatica
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Description ...
Pademelons are small when compared to other species in Macropodidae; their average height is 0.762 m. Males have head and body lengths ranging from 470 to 536 mm. Their tails vary from 372 to 473 mm. A male's weight ranges from 3.7 to 6.8 kg.
Red-legged Pademelon, White-browed Scrubwren, Bush Turkey, Eastern Whipbird also visited my campsite.
A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 65 species in all).
Four Plus More: There are only four true kangaroo species: the red, eastern gray, western gray and antilopine kangaroos. There are roughly 50 other closely related species, including wallabies, tree-kangaroos and pademelons.
 See also: Kangaroo, Marsupial, Wallaby, Red Kangaroo, Wallaroo
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