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| Mammals Database .. detailed information | |
| Red-legged Pademelon , Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica | |
| Mammal Family : | "Kangaroos and Wallabies" Macropodidae |
| Description : | Common.Body 49cm ;Tail 44cm ;Weight 3.7-6.8kg. Upper body grey-brown [darker in rainforest]. Eats leaves fruit and grasses on forest edge. In N.Q., important food source for dingoes. Solitary and secretive. Active most of the day, resting in the afternoon |
| Typical Habitat : | Tropical rainforest, wet eucalypt forest, decidus vine thickets and gallery forest. Favoured foods are rainforest figs, burdekin plum, Calamus spp. and Smilax spp. |
| Distribution : | Patchy distribution from Cape York to central coast of N.S.W. |
| Introduced : | No |
| Seen North Qld : | Yes |
| Additional info .. | habitats seen (1) .. |
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