Species Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Halmaturus thetis Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de Mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. Paris : Roret xvi 442 pp. [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 59 mounted skin (ex Busseuil specimen), Port Jackson, NSW.
• Halmaturus (Thylogale) eugenii Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History ns 1: 577-587 [Date published Nov. 1837: publication date established from 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]] [583] [non Kangurus eugenii Desmarest, 1817].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, unknown locality.
• Halmaturus nuchalis 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. [128].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   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].

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] [46]

Generic Combinations

• Thylogale thetis (Lesson, 1827).

Introduction

Eldridge et al. (2011) looked at genetic differentiation and introgression amongst eastern Australian species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, folivore, herbivore, nocturnal, open forest, tall open forest, terrestrial.

General References

Chilcott, M.J., Moore, S.A. & Hume, I.D. 1985. Effects of water restriction on nitrogen metabolism and urea recycling in the macropodid marsupials Macropus eugenii (tammar wallaby) and Thylogale thetis (red-necked pademelon). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 155: 759-767

Dellow, D.W. & Hume, I.D. 1983. Studies on the nutrition of macropodine marsupials. IV. Digestion in the stomach and the intestine of Macropus giganteus, Thylogale thetis and Macropus eugenii. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 767-777

Eldridge, M.D.B., Heckenberg, K., Neaves, L.E., Metcalfe, C.J., Hamilton, S., Johnson, P.M. & Close, R.L. 2011. Genetic differentiation and introgression amongst Thylogale (pademelons) taxa in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 59(2): 103-117

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Johnson, K.A. 1980. Spatial and temporal use of habitat by the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Wildlife Research 7: 157-166

Johnson, K.A. 1995. Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis. pp. 399-400 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Langer, P. 1979. Functional anatomy and ontogenetic development of the stomach in the macropodine species Thylogale stigmatica and Thylogale thetis (Mammalia: Marsupialia). Zoomorphology (Berlin) 93: 137-151

Osawa, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1992. A comparative study of macroscopic and microscopic dimensions of the intestine in five macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). I. Allometric relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 91-98

Osawa, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1992. A comparative study of macroscopic and microscopic dimensions of the intestine in five macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. Relationship with feeding habits and fibre content on the diet. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 99-113

Radford, S.L., Croft, D.B. & Moss, G.L. 1998. Male choice in female red-necked pademelons, Thylogale thetis (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Ethology 104: 217-231

Wahunga, G.M., Catterall, C.P. & Olsen, M.F. 2001. Predator avoidance, feeding and habitat use in the red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis, at the rainforest edges. Australian Journal of Zoology 49: 45-58

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Red-necked Pademelon)

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