Species Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822)
Tasmanian Pademelon
- Kangurus billardierii Desmarest, A.G. 1822. Mammologie ou description des espèces de mammifères part 2 in, Encyclopédie Méthodique (Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Méthodique.) Par ordre de Matières. Suppl. 2. Paris : Agasse. [542].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 76 mounted specimen & skull, TAS. - Halmaturus (Thylogale) tasmanei Gray, J.E. 1838. With notes and descriptions of the new species. pp. 106–111 appendix to Gunn, R. Notices accompanying a collection of quadrupeds and fish from Van Diemen's Land. Annals of Natural History 1: 101-111 [108].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 38.1.15.19 skin & badly damaged skull, TAS. - Macropus (Halmaturus) rufiventer Ogilby, W. 1838. Observations upon some recent communications of Mr. J.E. Gray, of the British Museum, to the Annals of Natural History; with descriptions of two new kangaroos from Van Diemen's Land. Annals of Natural History 1: 216-221 [Published in 1 May 1838 and republished in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. in July 1838] [220].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult skin & skull, TAS. - Halmaturus brachytarsus Wagner, J.A. 1842. in Schreber, J.C.D. von (1774–1855) Die Säugethiere, in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Fortgesetzt von A. Goldfuss Supplementband von J.A. Wagner. Suppl. 3 hft 111–112. Erlangen : Voss. [121].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, TAS.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [58]
Generic Combinations
- Thylogale billardierii (Desmarest, 1822).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Extinct on the mainland.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, coastal, crepuscular, folivore, herbivore, montane, nocturnal, open forest, tall open forest, terrestrial.
General References
Driessen, M.M. & Hocking, G.J. 1997. Age estimation of the Tasmanian pademelon, Thylogale billardierii, by molar eruption. Australian Mammalogy 20: 107-110
Ganslosser, U. & Werner, I. 1984. Zur Häufigkeit freundlicher und agonisticher Verhaltensmuster in einer Gruppe von Rottbauchfilandern (Thylogale billardierii) Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 213: 51-67
Johnson, K.A. & Rose, R. 1995. Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii. pp. 394-396 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland.
Martin, I.K. & McDonald, I.R. 1986. Adrenocortical function in a macropodid marsupial Thylogale billardierii. Journal of Endocrinology 110: 471-480
Martin, I.K. & McDonald, I.R. 1986. Adrenocortical function in a macropodid marsupial Thylogale billardierii. Journal of Endocrinology 110: 471-480
McArthur, C. & Sanson, G.D. 1993. Nutritional effects and costs of a tannin in a grazing and a browsing macropodid marsupial herbivore. Functional Ecology 7: 690-696
Nagy, K.A., Sanson, G.D. & Jacobsen, N.K. 1990. Comparative field energetics of two macropod marsupials and a ruminant. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 591-599
Rose, R.W. 1997. The effects of bromocriptine on the Tasmanian pademelons, Thylogale billardierii, during lactational quiescence. Australian Mammalogy 20: 49-52
Rose, R.W., Shetewi, A.S. & Flowers, K. 2005. Milk composition of the Tasmanian pademelon (Thylogale billardierii Desmarest) (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia). Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 67-71
Rose, R.W. & McCartney, D.J. 1982. Growth of the red-bellied pademelon, Thylogale billardierii, and age estimation of pouch young. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 33-38
Rose, R.W. & McCartney, D.J. 1982. Reproduction of the red-bellied pademelon, Thylogale billardierii (Marsupialia). Australian Wildlife Research 9: 27-32
Sprent, J.A. & McArthur, C. 2002. Diet and diet selection in the macropodid browser-grazer continuum: do they eat what they 'should'? Australian Journal of Zoology 50: 183-192
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Tasmanian Pademelon)
History of changes
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