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Pademelons, small members of the kangaroo family, eat short green grasses, broad-leafed herbs (forbs), both fresh and fallen leaves, fruits such as figs and berries, fungi and green shoots.They also occasionally eat mosses, and even some types of insects, such as cicadas.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThere are seven species of pademelons. Four are found only on New Guinea. One is found only on Tasmania. One lives throughout the eastern coast of Queensland and the eastern coast of New South Wales. A final one lives in eastern New South Wales and northeastern Victoria.
Pademelons live in dense bushland - preferably wet sclerophyll - or rainforest. This habitat provides plenty of cover for them.
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∙ 11y agoPademelons, small members of be kangaroo family, sleep within undergrowth, thickets of vegetation, or under scrubby bushes in the thick bushland or forest which they inhabit.
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Are Tasmanian pademelons aggressive?
No. Pademelons are gentle and defenceless creatures.
What do pademelons sleep in?
Pademelons do not make nests. They sleep within thickets of vegetation, or hiding under scrubby bushes.
Do pademelons exist in the Bega valley?
No.
Do pademelons live in the open?
No. Pademelons live in dense bushland - preferably wet sclerophyll - or rainforest. This habitat provides plenty of cover for them.
Are pademelons legal?
Pademelons are small members of the kangaroo family. The word 'legal' does not apply to them, unless the question is being asked about whether they may be kept as pets. Pademelons may not be kept as pets anywhere in the world - not even Australia.
Why do pademelons lay eggs?
Pademelons do not lay eggs. They are marsupials, and no marsupials lay eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are the monotremes, which include just platypuses and echidnas.
Do pademelons live in Africa?
No. Pademelons are small types of kangaroos so, like all kangaroos, they are found only in Australia, or on the island of New Guinea, or on some of the smaller nearby Indonesian islands such as the Aru Islands.
Wallabies quokka and pademelons are in the Macropodidae family What is the most famous animal in this family?
Kangaroo
Is a Tasmanian pademelon a carnivore?
No. All pademelons are herbivores. They are smallish members of the kangaroo family.
How does a pademelon move?
Pademelons are smaller members of the kangaroo family. They move primarily by hopping on two legs.
What is the common name for macropus?
The common name for macropus is kangaroo. This includes all species of kangaroo which, in turn compirises wallabies, wallaroos, pademelons and so on.
Are tree kangaroos related to normal kangaroos?
Yes. Kangaroos, tree kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, potoroos and pademelons are all part of the kangaroo family.
