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Red-legged Pademelon photographed at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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MAMMAL FACTS |
Description
The Red-legged Pademelon is a small brown wallaby with rust-red legs and face
Size
Head and body length 48cm. Tail length 42cm.
Habitat
Rainforests, wet Eucalypt forest and sometimes vine thickets.
Food
Grass, leaves and fruit.
Breeding
Gestation period of 28-30 days. Young leave the pouch by 26 weeks and suckle at foot for a further 4 weeks.
Range
eastern Australia from Cape York to 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: | stigmatica | | Common Name: | Red-legged Pademelon |
Relatives in same Genus
Tasmanian Pademelon (T. billardierii)
Red-necked Pademelon (T. thetis)
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