- Red-necked Pademelon
Taxobox
name = Red-necked PademelonMSW3 Groves|pages=70]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 40573 | title = Thylogale thetis | downloaded = 6 May 2006]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
infraclassis =Marsupialia
ordo =Diprotodontia
familia =Macropodidae
genus = "Thylogale "
species = "T. thetis"
binomial = "Thylogale thetis"
binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1828)The Red-necked Pademelon is a
forest -dwellingmarsupial living in the eastern coastal region ofAustralia . Mainlynocturnal , 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 theRed 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 anendangered species .This species is closely related to the
Red-legged Pademelon .References
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