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Red Necked Pademelon with young at Lamington National Park. This one was on one of the walking tracks not far from the lodge at O'Reilly's guest house.
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Pademelon with joey in pouch. The baby is nibbling the grass along with mum. This joey is big enough to leave the pouch, but likes the comfort and safety of traveling with mum.
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Pademelon at Binna Burra Mountain Lodge, Lamington National Park in the subtropical rainforest hinterland of the Gold Coast, Australia. They come out into the open in late afternoon to feed on the grass near the lodge.
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Pademelon at Binna Burra Mountain Lodge, Lamington National Park.
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photographed at Lamington National Park.
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photographed at Lamington National Park.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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MAMMAL FACTS |
Description
The Red-necked Pademelon (pronounced "paddy melon") is a small wallaby. It is brownish-grey above and pale underneath. The neck and shoulders are reddish in colour.
Size
Head and body length 52cm. Tail length 43cm.
Habitat
Dense rainforests and Eucalypt forest. Often seen where forest adjoins grassy areas. Rarely moves more than 100m from forest edge.
Food
Grasses and shrub leaves.
Breeding
Sexually mature at around 17 months. Young leave the pouch by 26 weeks and suckle at foot for a further 4 weeks.
Range
Rainforest areas of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Diprotodontia | | Family: | Macropodidae | | Genus: | Thylogale | | Species: | thetis | | Common Name: | Red-necked Pademelon |
Relatives in same Genus
Tasmanian Pademelon (T. billardierii)
Red-legged Pademelon (T. stigmatica)
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