Calaby's pademelon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Thylogale |
Species: | T. calabyi |
Binomial name | |
Thylogale calabyi Flannery, 1992 |
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Calaby's pademelon range (brown — extant, orange — possibly extinct) |
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.