iMacropods
Red-necked Wallaby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Suborder: Macropodiformes Family: Macropodidae Gray, 1821
Genera
Lagostrophus Dendrolagus Dorcopsis Dorcopsulus Lagorchestes Macropus Onychogalea Petrogale Setonix Thylogale Wallabia

Tree kangaroos have smaller ears for easier maneuvering between tree branches, and much longer tail.

Five 'legs' for moving slowly while browsing: the forelimbs and muscular tail take the animal's weight while the hind legs are brought forward: a Red Kangaroo.

A pademelon from Tasmania. Although obscured by fur, most of this macropod's lower body consists of legs.

A pademelon from Port Douglas, Queensland area eating a slice of sweet potato. Although normally grazing straight from the ground, a macropod would eat a treat in small bites while holding it in its hands.

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos, pademelons, and several others. Prior to European settlement, there were about 53 species of Macropods. Today, six species have since become extinct. Another 11 species have been greatly reduced in numbers. another wallaby, showing size relative to plants, photographed by user:Karen Johnson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Binomial name Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817 The Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) is a medium-sized macropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... 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Orders Multituberculata (extinct) Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Australosphenida Ausktribosphenida Monotremata Subclass Eutheria (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Anagaloidea (extinct) Arctostylopida (extinct) Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Cingulata Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Dinocerata (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Leptictida (extinct) Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata... Orders Superorder Ameridelphia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Superorder Australidelphia Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ... Suborders Vombatiformes Phalangeriformes Macropodiformes Diprotodontia is a large taxon of about 120 marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, Koala, wombats, and many others. ... Families Hypsiprymnodontidae Macropodidae Potoroidae Macropodiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. ... John Edward Gray. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. ... Species About 9; see text. ... This article is about kangaroos, the marsupial. ... Species 16, see text The rock-wallabies are the wallabies of the genus Petrogale. ... Binomial name Setonix brachyurus The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod, about the size of a large domestic cat. ... Type Species Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1828) Species Thylogale billardierii Thylogale browni Thylogale brunii Thylogale calabyi Thylogale lanatus Thylogale stigmatica Thylogale thetis A pademelon is any of seven species of small, kangaroo-like creatures that are usually found in forests. ... Binomial name Wallabia bicolor (Lesson, 1828) The Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a small (85 cm 33 in) macropod marsupial of Australia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2012x2206, 408 KB) Tree kangaroo on a branch in Port Douglas, Queensland Zoo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2012x2206, 408 KB) Tree kangaroo on a branch in Port Douglas, Queensland Zoo. ... Type Species Dendrolagus ursinus Müller, 1840 Species About 12; see text. ... My own picture File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... My own picture File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x1519, 215 KB) Tasmanias cooler climate makes its pademelons much furrier than their cousins in mainland Australia. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x1519, 215 KB) Tasmanias cooler climate makes its pademelons much furrier than their cousins in mainland Australia. ... Type Species Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1828) Species Thylogale billardierii Thylogale browni Thylogale brunii Thylogale calabyi Thylogale lanatus Thylogale stigmatica Thylogale thetis Tasmanian pademelon eating a slice of apple, with her joey Female (notice the full pouch) red-legged pademelon eating a slice of sweet potato... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x1519, 117 KB) A close-up of a pademelon eating a slice of sweet potato near Port Douglas, Queensland in December 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1006x1519, 117 KB) A close-up of a pademelon eating a slice of sweet potato near Port Douglas, Queensland in December 2005. ... Type Species Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1828) Species Thylogale billardierii Thylogale browni Thylogale brunii Thylogale calabyi Thylogale lanatus Thylogale stigmatica Thylogale thetis Tasmanian pademelon eating a slice of apple, with her joey Female (notice the full pouch) red-legged pademelon eating a slice of sweet potato... Four-Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia. ... Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ... Orders Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 63 species in all). ... Ancient aboriginal rock painting of a wallaby in Kakadu National Park in Northern Australia. ... Type Species Dendrolagus ursinus Müller, 1840 Species About 12; see text. ... Type Species Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1828) Species Thylogale billardierii Thylogale browni Thylogale brunii Thylogale calabyi Thylogale lanatus Thylogale stigmatica Thylogale thetis Tasmanian pademelon eating a slice of apple, with her joey Female (notice the full pouch) red-legged pademelon eating a slice of sweet potato... 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Physical description

A Forester Kangaroo "flying" over a puddle in Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania

Macropods are herbivorous: some are browsers, but most are grazers and are equipped with appropriately specialised teeth for cropping and grinding up fibrous plants, in particular grasses and sedges. In general, macropods have a broad, straight row of cutting teeth at the front of the mouth, no canine teeth, and a gap before the molars. The molars are large and, unusually, do not appear all at once but a pair at a time at the back of the mouth as the animal ages, eventually becoming worn down by the tough, abrasive grasses and falling out. Most species have four molars and, when the last pair is too worn to be of use, they starve. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1519x1006, 238 KB) Forester (Eastern Grey) Kangaroo flying over a puddle of water. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1519x1006, 238 KB) Forester (Eastern Grey) Kangaroo flying over a puddle of water. ... Binomial name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 Southern and eastern Australia support a population of several million Eastern Grey Kangaroos. ... Emblems: Flora - Tasmanian Blue Gum; Mineral - Crocoite Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Const. ... A deer and two fawns feeding on some foliage A herbivore is often defined as any organism that eats only plants[1]. By that definition, many fungi, some bacteria, many animals, about 1% of flowering plants and some protists can be considered herbivores. ... Browsing redirects here Browser can refer to: Browser - a type of herbivore whose nutrition generally comes from high growing plants, like trees, rather than a grazer that eats from the ground. ... Grazing is the regular consumption of part of one organism without killing it by another organism. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... An area of grass-like plants Grass generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant in the family Poaceae, botanically regarded as true grasses. ... Genera See text The family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ... In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, fangs, or (in the case of those of the upper jaw) eye teeth, are relatively long, pointed teeth. ... Molar may refer to: Molar (tooth), the fourth kind of tooth in mammals. ... A female child during the Nigerian-Biafran war of the late 1960s, shown suffering the effects of severe hunger and malnutrition. ...

Like the eutherian ruminants of the northern hemisphere (sheep, cattle, and so on), macropods have specialised digestive systems that use a high concentration of bacteria protozoans and fungi in the forestomach to digest plant material. The details of organisation are quite different, but the end result is somewhat similar. Eutheria is a taxon (specifically, an infraclass) nearly synonymous with Placentalia, containing the placental mammals and the nearest ancestors of placental mammals (which are known only from the fossil record). ... Families Antilocapridae Bovidae Cervidae Giraffidae Moschidae Tragulidae A ruminant is any hooved animal that digests its food in two steps, first by eating the raw material and regurgitating a semi-digested form known as cud, then eating the cud, a process called ruminating. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (often called cows in vernacular and contemporary usage, or kye as the Scots plural of cou) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ...

Macropods vary in size considerably but most have very large hind legs and a long, powerfully muscled tail. The term macropod comes from the Greek for "long foot" and is appropriate: most have a very long, narrow hind foot with a distinctive arrangement of toes: the fourth toe is very large and strong, the fifth toe moderately so, the second and third are fused and the first toe is usually missing. The short front legs have five separate digits. Some macropods have 7 carpal bones instead of the usual 8 in mammals[1]. All have relatively small heads and most have large ears, except for tree kangaroos, which must move quickly between tight branches. The young are born very small and the pouch opens forward. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Muscular system. ... A Ring-tailed Lemur For other uses, see Tail (disambiguation). ... Toes on foot. ... In human anatomy, the carpal bones are the bones of the human wrist. ... For other uses of the word head, see head (disambiguation). ... Bat ears come in different sizes and shapes The ear is the sense organ that detects sound. ... Type Species Dendrolagus ursinus Müller, 1840 Species About 12; see text. ... A joey of Tasmanian Pademelon looking out from the mothers pouch A joey is any infant marsupial. ... Kangaroo Joey inside the pouch The pouch is a distinguishing feature of marsupials; the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning pouch. ...

The unusual development of the hind legs is optimised for economical long distance travel at fairly high speed. The famous kangaroo hop is not simply a matter of having strong legs: kangaroos and wallabies have a unique ability to store elastic strain energy in their tendons. In consequence, most of the energy required for each hop is provided "free" by the spring action of the tendons (rather than by muscular effort). The main limitation on a macropod's ability to leap is not the strength of the muscles in the hindquarters: the greatly elongated foot provides enormous leverage and the key factor is the ability of the joints and tendons to stand up under the strain of hopping.

In addition, there is a linkage between the hopping action and breathing. As the feet leave the ground, air is expelled from the lungs by what amounts to an internal piston; bringing the feet forward ready for landing fills the lungs again, providing further energy efficiency. Studies of kangaroos and wallabies have demonstrated that, beyond the minimum energy expenditure required to hop at all, increased speed requires very little extra effort (much less than the same speed increase in, say, a horse, a dog, or a human), and also that little extra energy is required to carry extra weight — something that is of obvious importance to females carrying large pouch young.

The ability of larger macropods to survive on poor-quality, low-energy feed, and to travel long distances at high speed without great energy expenditure (to reach fresh food supplies or waterholes, and to escape predators) has been crucial to their evolutionary success on a continent that, because of soil fertility and low, unpredictable average rainfall, offers only very limited primary plant productivity.

Classification

There are two subfamilies in the Macropodidae family: the Sthenurinae was highly successful in the Pleistocene but is now represented by just a single species, and a vulnerable one at that, the Banded Hare-Wallaby; the remainder, about 60 species, makes up the subfamily Macropodinae. ... Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. ... The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ... Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (or munning), Lagostrophus fasciatus, is an endangered mammal native to south-western Australia. ...

• Subfamily Sthenurinae
  • Genus Lagostrophus
    • Banded Hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
• Subfamily Macropodinae
  • Genus Dendrolagus: tree-kangaroos
    • Grizzled Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus inustus
    • Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi
    • Bennett's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus bennettianus
    • Ursine Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus ursinus
    • Matschie's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus matschiei
    • Doria's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus dorianus
    • Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus goodfellowi
    • Lowlands Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus spadix
    • Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus pulcherrimus
    • Seri's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus stellarum
    • Dingiso, Dendrolagus mbaiso
    • Tenkile, Dendrolagus scottae
  • Genus Dorcopsis
    • Brown Dorcopsis, Dorcopsis muelleri
    • White-striped Dorcopsis, Dorcopsis hageni
    • Black Dorcopsis, Dorcopsis atrata
    • Gray Dorcopsis, Dorcopsis luctuosa
  • Genus Dorcopsulus
    • Small Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus vanheurni
    • Macleay's Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus macleayi
  • Genus Lagorchestes
    • Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus
    • Spectacled Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus
    • Rufous Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus
    • Eastern Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides
  • Genus Macropus
    • Subgenus Notamacropus
      • Agile Wallaby, Macropus agilis
      • Black-striped Wallaby, Macropus dorsalis
      • Tammar Wallaby, Macropus eugenii
      • Toolache Wallaby, Macropus greyii (extinct)
      • Western Brush Wallaby, Macropus irma
      • Parma Wallaby: Macropus parma (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years)
      • Pretty-faced Wallaby: Macropus parryi
      • Red-necked Wallaby: Macropus rufogriseus
    • Subgenus Osphranter
      • Antilopine Wallaroo, Macropus antilopinus
      • Woodward's Wallaroo, Macropus bernadus
      • Eastern Wallaroo, Macropus robustus
      • Red Kangaroo: Macropus rufus
    • Subgenus Macropus
      • Western Grey Kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus
      • Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus
  • Genus Onychogalea
    • Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
    • Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea lunata (extinct)
    • Northern Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera
  • Genus Petrogale
    • P. brachyotis species-group
      • Short-eared Rock-wallaby, Petrogale brachyotis
      • Monjon, Petrogale burbidgei
      • Nabarlek, Petrogale concinna
    • P. xanthopus species-group
      • Proserpine Rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
      • Rothschild's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale rothschildi
      • Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus
    • P. lateralis/penicillata species-group
      • Allied Rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilis
      • Cape York Rock-wallaby, Petrogale coenensis
      • Godman's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale godmani
      • Herbert's Rock-wallaby, Petrogale herberti
      • Unadorned Rock-wallaby, Petrogale inornata
      • Black-flanked Rock-wallaby, Petrogale lateralis
      • Mareeba Rock-wallaby, Petrogale mareeba
      • Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata
      • Purple-necked Rock-wallaby, Petrogale purpureicollis
      • Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby, Petrogale sharmani
  • Genus Setonix
    • Quokka: Setonix brachyurus
  • Genus Thylogale
    • Tasmanian Pademelon, Thylogale billardierii
    • Brown's Pademelon, Thylogale browni
    • Dusky Pademelon, Thylogale brunii
    • Calaby's Pademelon, Thylogale calabyi
    • Mountain Pademelon, Thylogale lanatus
    • Red-legged Pademelon, Thylogale stigmatica
    • Red-necked Pademelon, Thylogale thetis
  • Genus Wallabia
    • Swamp Wallaby or Black Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor

Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. ... Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. ... Binomial name Lagostrophus fasciatus (Péron & Lesueur, 1807) The Banded Hare-wallaby (or munning), Lagostrophus fasciatus, is an endangered mammal native to south-western Australia. ... Species About 9; see text. ... Species About 9; see text. ... Binomial name Dendrolagus lumholtzi Collett, 1884 Lumholtzs Tree-kangaroo is a heavy-bodied tree-kangaroo found in rain forests of the Atherton Tableland Region of Queensland. ... Binomial name Dendrolagus bennettianus De Vis, 1887 Bennetts Tree-kangaroo is a large tree-kangaroo. ... Binomial name Dendrolagus matschiei Forster & Rothschild, 1907 Matschies Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), also known as the Huon Tree-kangaroo belongs to the family Macropodidae, which includes about 55 species of kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives. ... Binomial name Dendrolagus goodfellowi Thomas, 1908 Goodfellows Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi), also called the Ornate Tree Kangaroo, belongs to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives,[1] and the genus Dendrolagus, with nine other species. ... Binomial name Dendrolagus mbaiso Flannery, Boeadi & Szalay, 1995 The Dingiso or Bondegezou, Dendrolagus mbaiso, is a species of tree kangaroo native to Irian Jaya (Indonesian New Guinea). ... Binomial name Lagorchestes leporides (Gould, 1841) The Eastern Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes leporides) is an extinct species of wallaby. ... This article is about kangaroos, the marsupial. ... Binomial name Macropus eugenii The Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials. ... The toolache wallaby (Macropus greyi) is an extinct species of wallaby from South-western South Australia and South-western Victoria. ... Binomial name Macropus parma The Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma) was first described by the great Australian naturalist John Gould in about 1840. ... Binomial name Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817 The Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) is a medium-sized macropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia. ... Binomial name Macropus rufus Desmarest, 1822 The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos and the largest surviving marsupial. ... Binomial name Macropus fuliginosus Desmarest, 1817 The Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosis) is a large and very common macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales... Binomial name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 Southern and eastern Australia support a population of several million Eastern Grey Kangaroos. ... Binomial name Onychogalea fraenata (Gould, 1841) The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata is a wallaby which has white bridle line, running down from the back of the neck. ... Binomial name Onychogalea lunata (Gould, 1841) The Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea lunata) was a nail-tail wallaby that lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and centre of Australia. ... Species 16, see text The rock-wallabies are the wallabies of the genus Petrogale. ... Binomial name Petrogale xanthopus Gray, 1855 The Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, and others). ... Binomial name Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923 The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Binomial name Petrogale lateralis (Gray, 1827) The Black-flanked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), also known as the Black-footed Rock-wallaby or Warru is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale. ... Binomial name Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1827) The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby or Small-eared Rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale. ... Binomial name Petrogale purpureicollis (Le Souef, 1924) The Purple-necked Rock-wallaby (Petrogale purpureicollis) was first classified in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a strange purple coloration around the neck as well as skull differences separating it from... Binomial name Setonix brachyurus The quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod, about the size of a large domestic cat. ... Binomial name Setonix brachyurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 The Quokka (Setonix brachyurus) is a small macropod, about the size of a large domestic cat. ... Type Species Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, 1837 (= Halmaturus thetis Lesson, 1828) Species Thylogale billardierii Thylogale browni Thylogale brunii Thylogale calabyi Thylogale lanatus Thylogale stigmatica Thylogale thetis A pademelon is any of seven species of small, kangaroo-like creatures that are usually found in forests. ... Binomial name Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822) Female and her joey. ... Binomial name Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1828) The Red-necked Pademelon is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia. ... Binomial name Wallabia bicolor (Lesson, 1828) The Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a small (85 cm 33 in) macropod marsupial of Australia. ... Binomial name Wallabia bicolor (Lesson, 1828) The Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a small macropod marsupial of Australia. ...

See also

• Australian megafauna

Australian megafauna is a term used to describe a number of comparatively large animal species in Australia. ...

References

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 58-70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

Dr Colin Groves is a Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage