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The red-legged pademelon, a member of the kangaroo family and who inhabits the rainforests, hails from the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. The clearing of lowland rainforest and dense understories for agriculture, residential development, and dairy farming has drastically reduced and disjointed their natural range. High-intensity logging […]

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This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The Tasmanian pademelon, aka red-bellied pademelon or rufous-bellied pademelon, (pronounced pa·duh·meh·luhn) is a short and stout marsupial that hails from Tasmania. The Tasmanian species used to also be found in southern Australia. They are now only found on Tasmania. There are 7 known species of pademelons, found in Australia and […]

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