#0503 · 🦊 mammals

Red-necked Pademelon

🇳🇱 Roodhalspademelon ·Thylogale thetis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Robert McNab · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Hobbits Way Caparra NSW 2429, Australia:© maznee · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Queensland, AU:© QuestaGame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Mount Glorious QLD 4520, Australia:© Penelope Lind · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. O'Reilly QLD 4275, Australia:© Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. O'Reilly QLD 4275, Australia:© Jordan Cochran · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Springbrook QLD 4213, Australia:© Greg Tasney · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. O'Reilly QLD 4275, Australia:© Sean Daniels · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-necked pademelon ( Thylogale thetis ) is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,840iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,840 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1828 (198 years ago).