Thylogale


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Noun1.Thylogale - pademelonsThylogale - pademelons        
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Macropodidae, Macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabies
paddymelon, pademelon - small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea
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As such, the species covered in this work are the following: Smithopsis crassicaudata, Tarsipes rostratus, Macropus eugenii, Macropus rufus, Dendrolagus dorianus, Sarcophilus harrissi, Isoodon obesulus, Lasiorhinus latifrons, Phascolarctos cinereus, Thylogale billarderii, Dasyurus hallucatus, Trichosurus vulpecula and Setonix brachyurus.
Plausible candidates for reintroduction include the Eastern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi, Woylie Bettongia penicillata, Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardieri, Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata, Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus, and--perhaps more controversially --Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii.
eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus and Tasmanian pademelon Thylogale billardierii).
At the time that Liang Lemdubu was initially occupied, about 28,000 years ago, the fauna indicates that Kobroor island had a mosaic of closed canopy lowland rainforest, supporting species such as cassowaries, Forest Wallabies (Dorcopsis sp.), and two species of pademelons (Thylogale spp.), and open savannah supporting populations of the larger-bodied Agile Wallaby, Macropus agilis and other smaller grassland mammals.