pademelons

Lumholtz’s tree kangaroos—true kangaroos who climb into trees, leap thirty feet to the ground, and bounce away—live here, as do squat, two-foot-tall wallabies called pademelons, who signal one another by thumping the ground.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

The conceit of the piece was that pademelons - a kind of dwarf kangaroo - were rather disorganized and Stan thought that if they ever had a parade it would take a while to get it together and it wouldn't last too long.

October 10th, 2009 m_francis 2009

I love this Australian rainforest with all its tree ferns, vines, lianas, lush jungliness... and brush turkeys and pademelons hanging about.

pics from the coral sea WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

Then I laughed and smiled so big when I realized it was like a dozen pademelons which are small wallabies!

Archive 2008-05-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

Then I laughed and smiled so big when I realized it was like a dozen pademelons which are small wallabies!

in Port Douglas WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008

But the coolest thing is that pademelons were everywhere!

Archive 2006-08-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006

But the coolest thing is that pademelons were everywhere!

tasmania WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2006

They caught a lot of native animals, including 338 pademelons, 132 devils, 70 wallabies, 46 wombats, 13 spotted-tailed quolls, 9 brushtail possums, 2 echidnas, 2 crows, and a sea eagle.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

The still cameras established that the Tasmanian devil is a thriving species and that even pademelons are sometimes attracted by meat.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

They caught a lot of native animals, including 338 pademelons, 132 devils, 70 wallabies, 46 wombats, 13 spotted-tailed quolls, 9 brushtail possums, 2 echidnas, 2 crows, and a sea eagle.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004