However, pademelons in New Guinea are hunted for their meat, while the Australian population of these animals may suffer from dog attacks and fragmentation of their forest habitat.
According to IUCN, the Ref-legged pademelon is locally common and widespread throughout its range but no overall population estimate is available. Population number. Other species of pademelon can also be found on New Guinea as well as in Australia, including the island state of Tasmania, south of the main Australian landmass. Calaby's pademelon (Thylogale calabyi), also known as the alpine wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the family Macropodidae.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Facts Summary: The New Guinea Pademelon (Thylogale browni) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "mammals" and found in the following area(s): Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.This species is also known by the following name(s): Macropus keysseri, Macropus lugens, Macropus tibol, Thylogale lauterbachi.
While three species of pademelons are listed as ‘least concern’, four of the species, located in Papua New Guinea, are listed as vulnerable or endangered, and numbers have been declining, mostly due to hunting for food purposes and loss of habitat. A female pademelon has a pouch that holds its baby once born, and the baby, called a ‘joey’, only leaves the pouch after six months of age. The dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii) is native to the island of New Guinea and some minor surrounding islands (the Aru and Kai islands, which are part of Indonesia).