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Pademelon vs Macropod - What's the difference?

pademelon | macropod |

As nouns the difference between pademelon and macropod

is that pademelon is any species of the genus thylogale of small macropods while macropod is a marsupial of the family macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.

pademelon

English

Alternative forms

* paddymelon

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any species of the genus Thylogale of small macropods.
  • * 2007 , Scott Alexander King, Animal Dreaming: The Symbolic and Spiritual Language of the Australasian Animals , page 57,
  • Although Pademelons are solitary and territorial by nature, it is not uncommon to witness small groups feeding in close proximity to one another.
  • * 2008 , Barbara A. Holzman, Tropical Forest Biomes , page 122,
  • Kangaroos and their relatives that live in the rainforest include pademelons', wallabies, and tree kangaroos. ' Pademelons are small kangaroo-like marsupials that prefer solitary nocturnal life in the rainforest.
  • * 2013 , Iain Campbell, Sam Woods, Wildlife of Australia , page 32,
  • Pademelons' are a distinct group of small wallabies, considerably smaller than both the giant kangaroos and the other, larger wallabies. When foraging slowly, ' pademelons usually move on all fours.

    See also

    * euro * joey * wallaroo

    macropod

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A marsupial of the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos and pademelons.
  • Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; — called also spider crab.
  • Synonyms

    * Macropus

    See also

    * euro * joey * wallaroo (Webster 1913)