Red-necked Pademelon

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iRed-necked Pademelon

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Thylogale
Species:	T. thetis

Binomial name

Thylogale thetis
(Lesson, 1828)

The Red-necked Pademelon is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia. Mainly nocturnal, the red-necked pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the forests by day and emerging into the grasslands to graze in the dusk.

The red-necked pademelon is brown-grey with a cream underbelly and a red-tinted neck and shoulders. It breeds in the autumn and spring in northern Australia, and in the summer in southern Australia. Predators include the Dingo and the Red Fox, however habitat destruction, particularly through land clearance, is currently the largest threat to the species. The Red-necked Pademelon is not currently listed as an endangered species.

Alternate image of a Red-Necked Pademelon

This species is closely related to the Red-legged Pademelon.

[edit] References

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Thylogale thetis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.