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	Term paper on Pademelon
		Pademelons, wallabies, and kangaroos are all very alike in body structure, and the names just refer to the three different size groups.
		The Red-bellied or Tasmanian Pademelon is abundant in Tasmania.
		Pademelon meat used to be considered valuable, and was eaten by settlers and aborigines for a long time.
	www.termpapertopic.org /pa/pademelon.html (448 words)

	Pademelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pademelons, wallabies, and kangaroos are very alike in body structure, and the names just refer to the three different size groups.
		The Red-bellied or Tasmanian Pademelon is abundant in Tasmania.
		Pademelons are nocturnal and tend to feed at night.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pademelon (630 words)

	DPIW - Tasmanian Pademelon
		Pademelons are solitary and nocturnal, spending the hours of daylight in thick vegetation.
		Pademelons were undoubtedly important in the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) diet and are now important in the diet of Tasmanian devils, spotted-tailed quolls and wedge-tailed eagles.
		Pademelons can damage crops and pastures in many parts of Tasmania, and as a result come into conflict with landholders.
	www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-5384X4?open (444 words)

	Pademelon
		The pademelon is a small relative of kangaroos, living in the forests of eastern Australia and New Guinea.
		Pademelons occur at their greatest densities in forests that border grassland or pasure, where they find many refuges and plentiful grazing.
		The female pademelon mates again a month before her current offspring leaves the pouch, and gives birth just as the pouch is being vacated.
	homepage.eircom.net /~criley/profiles/mammals/pademelon.htm (580 words)

	Tasmania PWS - Wildlife - Pademelon
		The pademelon is a stocky animal with a relatively short tail and legs to aid its movement through dense vegetation.
		The diet of the pademelon consists of herbs and green shoots, with short green grasses being preferred.
		This species is extinct on the mainland because of predation by foxes and large scale land clearance, although two other species occur along the east coast of the mainland.
	www.parks.tas.gov.au /wildlife/mammals/padem.html (348 words)

	2001 Queensland Term Wildlife Field Guide
		The Red-necked Pademelon spends most of its day sleeping in a shallow depression in the leaf litter, and on chilly winter mornings may be seen basking in small open areas where the sun penetrates to the forest floor.
		The Red- necked Pademelon lives in rainforests and eucalypt forests, often on the edge of the forest, hiding in the thicker part.
		The Fox and the Dingo are the Red-necked Pademelons' main predators, and possibly large birds of prey.
	people.hws.edu /fieldguide/show.asp?ID=87 (397 words)

	Red-necked Pademelon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Red-necked Pademelon weighs an average of 7 kg for males, and 4 kg for females.
		The Red-necked Pademelon lives in rainforest, and eucalypt forest, often on the edge of the forest hiding in the thicker part and coming out to feed on lush grasses in the cover of darkness.
		Pademelons breed all year round starting around 17 months of age, having one young.
	www.wildlifemountain.com /redpademelon.htm (246 words)

	PBS: The Living Edens: Tasmania: Featured Creatures
		Males, which are considerably larger than females, have a muscular chest and forearms, and reach up to 12 kg in weight and 1 to 1.2 m in overall length, including the tail.
		Pademelons were undoubtedly important in the diet of the Tasmanian tiger, and are now important in the diet of Tasmanian devils, spotted-tailed quolls, and wedge-tailed eagles.
		Although there is no specific breeding season, 70 percent of pademelon births occur around the beginning of winter.
	www.pbs.org /edens/tasmania/featured.html (3846 words)

	! Red-legged Pademelon ! Tropical Rainforest, Far North Queensland Australia
		Pademelons and tree-kangaroos affect regeneration of the rainforest as they browse on the young trees and can seriously impede their growth or even kill them.
		They feed equi-distant apart and are under the control of one dominant Pademelon that controls their feeding area and sets their feeding distance.
		This Pademelon is found in the wetter forests of eastern Australia down to NSW, and in New Guinea (Egerton 1997).
	rainforest-australia.com /pademelon.htm (1228 words)

	pademelon
		Red-Legged Pademelons are shy, elusive little creatures, not seen easily in their dense habitat of predominantly rainforest.
		Pademelons forage on the undergrowth of dense forests, and include native fruits in their diet of grasses, leaves, herbs, and shrubs.
		DESCRIPTION - The red-legged Pademelon is a small compact macropod with rounded ears, a furless nose, a relatively short, thick tail and relatively short syndactyluus hind feet.
	users.tpg.com.au /goconnor/pademelon.htm (833 words)

	About Us
		The mission of Pademelon Press is to publish and distribute quality Australian early childhood teacher resource and reference books to assist teachers and carers in their task of educating and caring for children from birth to five years.
		Pademelon Press was created in 1990 as an extension of The Book Garden, Australia's largest supplier of books and related materials to the early childhood community, which itself was founded in 1980.
		The aim of Pademelon Press is to build up a library of essential quality and developmentally appropriate resources covering all areas of early childhood education and care.
	www.pademelonpress.com.au /pages/aboutus.php (336 words)

	animals
		The Tasmanian Pademelon (Pademelon is an Aboriginal word) is extinct in mainland Australia because of predation by foxes and large scale land clearance (although two other species do occur along the mainland east coast).
		Pademelon are widespread and abundant in Tasmania and can commonly be seen around many of the national parks.
		Pademelons are solitary and nocturnal, spending daylight in thick vegetation, mostly in rainforest and wet forest.
	discovertasmania.com.au /home/index.cfm?SiteID=133&subsiteid=594 (212 words)

	Gryphon House, Inc.
		Pademelon Press was created in 1990 as an extension of The Book Garden, Australia’s largest supplier of books and related materials to the early childhood community, which itself was founded in 1980.
		Pademelon Press, located in Sydney, Australia, is wholly owned by Carmel and Rodney Kenner, two of the founders of The Book Garden.
		The aim of Pademelon Press is to build up a library of essential quality and developmentally appropriate resources covering all areas of early childhood education and care.
	www.ghbooks.com /viewpub.cfm?code=PADM (156 words)

	Macropodidae - Bullian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The red-necked pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the autumn and spring in northern Australia, and in the dusk.
		The red-necked pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the summer in southern Australia.
		The Red-necked Pademelon is not currently listed as an endangered species.
	bullian.pay-e-bullion.org /macropodidae (319 words)

	Tasmanian Pademelon photo - Alexander Dudley photos at pbase.com
		Tasmanian Pademelons used to be found on the mainland of Australia before those nasty foxes ate them all there.
		Pademelons should not be confused with Paddy melons, which are a poisonous fruit which grows in arid Australia and of which Pink cockatoos are inordinately fond.
		It is foxes, wedge-tailed eagles and Spotted-tailed quolls which are inordinately fond of Pademelons.
	www.pbase.com /image/55384412 (87 words)

	Red-necked Pademelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Red-necked Pademelon is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia.
		Mainly nocturnal, the red-necked pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the forests by day and emerging into the grasslands to graze in the dusk.
		The red-necked pademelon is brown-grey with a cream underbelly and a red-tinted neck and shoulders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red-necked_Pademelon (180 words)

	Tasmanian Pademelon
		The most unique aspect of this animal, which is easily observed, is the "runways" (cleared tracks) the pademelons make in the ground vegetation They are a nocturnal animal sleeping by day in the undergrowth and coming out at night to graze in clearings.
		They have a short tail and short legs in comparisism to wallabies and kangaroos The Pademelons distinctive fur covered round ears are a good way of identifying them.
		Pademelons can breed all year round but most births occur in autumn (April to June) One young only is born at a time.
	home.iprimus.com.au /readman/pademelon.htm (352 words)

	Red-necked Pademelon - Mammals of Lamington National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Every evening the red-necked pademelon travel along a well-defined root to the feeding ground where they remain until shortly before dawn.
		This pademelon travels on all four legs when moving slowly with the tail dragging behind.
		The red-necked pademelon is commonly seen grazing around the guesthouse, campground and picnic areas at Green Mountains during the early morning and late afternoon.
	lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au /Documents/Anim/redneckedpademelon.htm (191 words)

	Tasmanian Pademelon
		Description: The pademelon is a comparatively short-tailed, small, kangaroolike marsupial with relatively small, rounded ears, and a hind foot only about 5" long.
		The pademelon is active in twilight, foraging at dawn and dusk on grass, although it also eats leaves and plant shoots.
		Reproduction: The Tasmanian pademelon usually has one young at a time, with births at various times of the year.
	www.americazoo.com /goto/index/mammals/26.htm (272 words)

	Tasmanian Pademelon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tasmanian Pademelon is abundant in areas of dense vegetation in Tasmania and until the turn of the century it was found in southern Victoria and in southeastern South Australia.
		Short, succulent green grass and herbs are the preferred food of the Tasmanian Pademelon and it is most abundant where grassy clearings are adjacent to dense, moist forest.
		Tasmanian Pademelons graze at night, usually in groups of up to ten or more, and shelter in the forest during the day.
	www.samuseum.sa.gov.au /extinctions/taspad.htm (98 words)

	Carnivorous Nights
		The Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) is one of 45 species of "macropods" (big-footed creatures better known as kangaroos and wallabies) that live in Australia and are characterized by their huge hind feet, powerful hind legs, and long thick tails---not to mention pouches for raising their young.
		Standing about two feet high (60 cm), the Tasmanian pademelon is adapted to forests---with shorter than average legs and tail to help it get through dense undergrowth.
		The pademelon pictured here is a young male being raised by human caretakers after its mother was killed by a car on a Tasmanian road.
	www.carnivorousnights.com /wildlife (1323 words)

	The Tasmanian Pademelon
		Since the temperature in Tasmania is cooler than on the mainland of Australia the animals tend to have thicker coats of fur.
		The Tasmanian Pademelon is a stocky animal that weighs usually between 3 and 10 kilograms, (6.6 and 22 pounds), and has thick gray to brown fur with a reddish colored belly, (the reason it is sometimes called the red bellied Pademelon).
		Since it is a nocturnal animal the Tasmanian Pademelon will hide and rest during the day and come out at night to feed on grass, small shrubs and seedlings.
	www.australianfauna.com /tasmanianpademelon.php (330 words)

	CentralPets.com - Pademelon - Red Necked Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		The Pademelon is a successful animal largely because of its adaptations to the wild.
		This particular subspecies, the Red-Necked Pademelon, is considerably less successful than other species of Pademelon but once it was raised in captivity, its numbers increased dramatically and today they are doing quite well.
		Pademelons hop and when they do hold their tails behind them like rods.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=4423 (501 words)

	Increase in pademelon deaths alarms conservationists. 26/07/2006. ABC News Online
		Conservationists are alarmed at the increase in the number of pademelons that have been killed by a cat-borne disease this year.
		The trust's Suzy Madigan says large numbers of blind young pademelons have been killed on roads in the area this year.
		She says the trust will begin sending carcasses off for testing in an attempt to measure the spread of the disease.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200607/s1697948.htm (186 words)

	Amazon.com: pademelon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		koalas, lizards, kook- aburras, frogs, pademelons, turtles, and snakes.
		the family are wallabies, wallaroos, pademelons, and tree kangaroos.
		with koalas, lizards, kookaburras, frogs, pademelons, and snakes.
	www.independentcommerce.com /icDirectory/keyword.asp?keyword=pademelon (845 words)

	DPIW - 1080 Poison
		If a dog or cat ate a pademelon poisoned with 1080, it could obtain a lethal dose of the poison.
		Other carnivorous animals and birds are not likely to be killed by secondary poisoning as they would need to eat their own weight in poisoned rabbits to obtain a lethal dose (see Table 2).
		the pademelon weighed 6 kg and ate 50 g of carrot bait, and
	www.dpiw.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/RPIO-4ZM7CX?open (1205 words)

	Ouch! That Bruijn's Pademelon Bit Me! \| Xomba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Bruijn's pademelon is a type of small macropod that lives in Papua New Guinea.
		Kangaroos are generally the largest, followed by wallaroos, wallabies and pademelons.
		Since they are grazers, pademelons have sharp teeth at the front of their mouths for ripping up grass and other vegetation.
	www.xomba.com /ouch_that_bruijns_pademelon_bit_me (635 words)

	Red-legged Pademelon -female and joey
		Initial gestation for the Red-legged Pademelon is 30 days with a pouch life of approximately 7 months.
		Joeys will stay with their mothers for a further 6 months after leaving the pouch and will continue to suckle during that time.
		Rainforest is the preferred habitat of the Red-legged Pademelon where it feeds on a variety of fruits, leaves [both old and new] and fungi.
	www.anhs.com.au /pademelon_4.htm (94 words)

	Look who's come bouncing back - National - www.smh.com.au
		Lyndon Baker, the new general manager of Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary, said the release of the cream-striped red-necked pademelons, rendered extinct due to feral cats and foxes, was the realisation of a promise Mr Walmsley made to himself as a young boy.
		One by one yesterday the timid and easily stressed pademelons, roughly half the size of Skippy, eventually found their way out of a holding enclosure, and disappeared into the bush on the 12-hectare Waratah Park site.
		The cream-striped red-necked pademelons, among the few surviving members of the sub-species anywhere, were brought to Sydney from Mr Walmsley's Earth Sanctuary in Adelaide.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/03/29/1080544425154.html (556 words)

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