Thylogale billardierii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Rufous-bellied Pademelon

Oblique view of mother with large joey in pouch.  Also as Red-bellied Pademelon|Rufous Wallaby|Tasmanian Pademelon.
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Location:Australia, TAS, Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair Nat ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1989

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1112

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangerida
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Dendrolagini
Genus : Thylogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1822-07-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Seconde partie, contenant les ordres des rongeurs, des édentés, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cétacés. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 277-555 pp.

Original name as described

kangurus Billardierii

Other common names

Red-bellied Pademelon · Rufous Wallaby · Tasmanian Pademelon

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-401 (= MNHN:AGal:51) (= MNHN:NGal:76) (= MNHN:type:699)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tasmania, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

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