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pademelon: see kangaroo kangaroo, name for a variety of hopping marsupials , or pouched mammals, of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The term is applied especially to the large kangaroos of the genus Macropus. ..... Click the link for more information. . pademelon, paddymelon a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale, of coastal scrubby regions of Australia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Wombats, quolls, potoroos, little penguins, giant lobsters and pademelons all populate the pages of this eco-adventure with Brooklyn nature writers Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, but it's the elusive, thought-to-be-extinct Tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) they track that is at the mysterious center of it all. Other highlights include pademelons, small marsupial relatives of the kangaroo native to New Guinea, and coconut crabs from Guam that can grow to the size of dinner plates. Queensland is rich in natural beauty with rain forests, dry deserts, white sandy beaches and rivers, and wombats, wallabies, wallaroos, pademelons, bettongs, kangaroos, lizards, crocodiles and snakes. |
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