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Thylogale
Sign in to savePademelons () are small marsupials in the genus Thylogale, found in Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands. They are some of the smallest members of the macropod family, which includes the similar-looking but larger kangaroos and wallabies. Pademelons are distinguished by their small size and their short, thick, and sparsely haired tails. Like other marsupials, they carry their young in a pouch.
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Thylogale is a genus of mammals within the family Macropodidae. It belongs to the order Diprotodontia, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus is part of the subfamily Macropodinae and was described by Gray in 1837. One species within this group is the Rufous-bellied Pademelon.
The genus is endemic to Australia. Records of the organism have been documented in Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, and the United States. Specimens are held by institutions including AMNH, ANWC, FMNH, and CMNH. The taxon has been described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Species
Rufous-bellied Pademelon
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyMacropodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 181
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Collections
- AMNH, ANWC, FMNH, CMNH
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Guinea, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Macropodinae
- Image
- RedNeckedPademelon-front-800.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thylogale
- taxon name
- Thylogale
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Thylogale
- Commons gallery
- Thylogale
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Gray, 1837
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Threats
- References
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Pademelons () are small marsupials in the genus Thylogale, found in Australia, New Guinea, and surrounding islands. They are some of the smallest members of the macropod family, which includes the similar-looking but larger kangaroos and wallabies. Pademelons are distinguished by their small size and their short, thick, and sparsely haired tails. Like other marsupials, they carry their young in a pouch.
==Etymology== The word "pademelon" comes from the word badimaliyan in Dharug, an Australian Aboriginal language spoken near what is now Port Jackson, New South Wales. The scientific name Thylogale uses the Greek words for "pouch" and "weasel."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thylogale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.