Pademelon
Small terrestrial marsupial / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the animal. For the plant, see paddy melon.
Pademelons are small marsupials in the genus Thylogale, found in Australia and Aru, Kai plus New Guinea 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 most other marsupials, they carry their young in a pouch.
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Pademelon[1] | |
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Tasmanian pademelon, Thylogale billardierii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
Genus: | Thylogale J. E. Gray, 1837 |
Type species | |
Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii | |
Species | |
7, see text |
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