Calaby's pademelon
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| Species: | T. calabyi
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| Thylogale calabyi Flannery, 1992
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| Calaby's pademelon range (brown — extant, orange — possibly extinct) | |
Calaby's pademelon (Thylogale calabyi), also known as the alpine wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae. It is endemic to Papua 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
- ^ 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. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as endangered
External links
Data related to Thylogale calabyi at Wikispecies
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