Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Red-Necked Pademelon

The red-necked pademelon is a forest living wallaby about the size of a big rabbit. This one (and quite a few others) were at O'Reillys in the Lamington National Forest near Brisbane. The pademelon doesn't use his tail like most kangaroos and wallabys do - it's not a tripod. There are three types - one lives in PNG, another in Tasmania, and then these in the Queensland. They are pretty shy but fairly tame around O'Reillys and come out at dusk and dawn. I got quite a few pictures of them.

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