Pademelon (Noun)
Meaning
Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The pademelon is a small to medium-sized marsupial that is native to Australia and New Guinea.
- In the scrubby areas of northern Australia, pademelons are common and can often be seen grazing on grasses and leaves.
- Pademelons are herbivores and their diet consists mainly of plants and fruits that are found in their habitat.
- The Tasmanian pademelon is a subspecies of pademelon that is found only in Tasmania and is considered to be endangered.
- In the mountainous regions of New Guinea, pademelons can be found in the dense undergrowth and scrub of the forests.