pademelon

plural pademelons · alternative paddymelon · alternative padmelon · alternative padymelon

1. Any wallaby of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.

   Although Pademelons are solitary and territorial by nature, it is not uncommon to witness small groups feeding in close proximity to one another.

   2007, Scott Alexander King, Animal Dreaming: The Symbolic and Spiritual Language of the Australasian Animals, page 57

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   Kangaroos and their relatives that live in the rainforest include pademelons, wallabies, and tree kangaroos. Pademelons are small kangaroo-like marsupials that prefer solitary nocturnal life in the rainforest.

   2008, Barbara A. Holzman, Tropical Forest Biomes, page 122

   Pademelons are a distinct group of small wallabies, considerably smaller than both the giant kangaroos and the other, larger wallabies. When foraging slowly, pademelons usually move on all fours.

   2013, Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Wildlife of Australia, page 32

   Synonyms: filander

plural pademelons

1. alternativeAlternative form of paddymelon (“the plant”).