Red-necked pademelon

Rothalsfilander ( Thylogale thetis )

The Rothalsfilander ( Thylogale thetis ) is a Känguruart from the kind of Filander ( Thylogale ).

Features

Rothalsfilander are small, stocky built representatives of kangaroos. They reach a body length of around 52 centimeters, added a roughly 43 -centimeter-long tail. The weight varies 4-7 kg, the males are significantly heavier than the females. Their fur is gray on the back, the abdomen is much brighter. Named giving feature is the reddish shoulders and neck. The hind legs are longer than the front legs as with most kangaroos, the tail is sparsely hairy.

Distribution and habitat

These kangaroos live in eastern Australia, their range extends from southeastern Queensland to in the middle of New South Wales. Habitat of these animals are densely lined with vegetation rainforests and eucalypt forests, they are often to be found at the forest edges.

Lifestyle and diet

Rothalsfilander are mainly active at night and sleep during the day concealed in dense undergrowth, sometimes they are also to be found while sunbathing. At night, they go in search of food, where they live mainly on grass -covered areas near the forest - with signs of danger they flee immediately into protective undergrowth. They live mostly solitary, although sometimes several animals go together in search of food.

Their diet consists mainly of grasses and herbs. Like all kangaroos they have a multi-chambered stomach for better utilization of indigestible plant food.

Reproduction

After a 30 - day gestation, the female gives birth to usually a single young is born. As with many other kangaroos it comes to them for delayed birth. The young animal spends its first half year of life in the mother's pouch and is weaned after a few more weeks. Sexual maturity occurs at around 18 months.

Endangering

Although Rothalsfilander are from a part of their range, such as the southern New South Wales, disappeared, overall the style but widespread and, according IUCN not an endangered species.