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Brown's pademelon

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Brown's pademelon[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Thylogale
Species:
T. browni
Binomial name
Thylogale browni
(Ramsay, 1877)
Brown's pademelon range
(blue — native, red — introduced, orange — possibly extinct)

Brown's pademelon (Thylogale browni) is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Flannery, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R. (2016). "Thylogale browni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21874A21958526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21874A21958526.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.