Red-legged Pademelon

Red-legged Pademelon

Taxobox
name = Red-legged PademelonMSW3 Groves|pages=70]


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 40574 | title = Thylogale stigmatica | downloaded = 30 December 2006]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Thylogale"
species = "T. stigmatica"
binomial = "Thylogale stigmatica"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1860)

The Red-legged Pademelon ("Thylogale stigmatica") is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth in New South Wales.cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=134] In New Guinea it is found in south central lowlands.cite book|last=Johnson|first=P.M.|year=1981|title=Red-legged Pademelon "in" "The Complete Book of Australian Mammals" (ed. Ronald Strahan)|publisher=Angus & Robertson|pages=225]

The Red-legged Pademelon is usually solitary but may group together when feeding.Animal Burnie|pages=100] It is found mostly in rainforest, where it is rarely seen, but it is not considered threatened. In New South Wales, however, it is considered to be vulnerable.cite website|url=http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10805|title=Red-legged Pademelon - Profile|author=New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation] It feeds on fallen fruit, leaves and grasses. It weighs 2.5 to 7 kg and is 38-58 cm long with a 30-47 cm tail.

There are four subspecies of the Red-legged Pademelon:
*"T. s. stigmatica", found in the Cairns region of Queensland;
*"T. s. coxenii", found in Cape York Peninsula;
*"T. s. orimo", found in New Guinea;
*"T. s. wilcoxi", found in southern Queensland and New South Wales.

References

External links

* [http://rainforest-australia.com/pademelon.htm Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges on Red-legged Pademelon]
* [http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10805 NSW Threatened Species]


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