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Dusky pademelon
Species of marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The dusky pademelon or dusky wallaby (Thylogale brunii) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is found in the Aru and Kai islands and the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion of New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
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Dusky pademelon[1] | |
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Dusky pademelon in Taman Safari Bogor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Thylogale |
Species: | T. brunii |
Binomial name | |
Thylogale brunii (Schreber, 1778) | |
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Dusky Pademelon range (brown — extant, orange — possibly extinct) |
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