The Life of Animals | Pademelon | Red-necked pademelons can be found in the coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales. In Red-legged pademelons can also be found in south-central New Guinea. The dusky pademelon lives in New Guinea and Surrounding islands. It was Previously Called the Aru Islands wallabies. Before that, it was Called the philander ("friend of man"), the which is the name it bears in the second volume of Cornelis de Bruijn's Travels, originally published in 1711; the Latin name of this species is Called after De Bruijn.
The natural habitat of the pademelon is in thick scrubland or dense forested undergrowth. They also make-tunnels through long grasses and bushes in swampy country.
Aside from being killed for meat and Their soft fur, Their numbers have been reduced by the introduction of predators Such as feral cats, dogs, and foxes. Important Tasmanian pademelons were the resource persons to the thylacine's diet, and are still preyed on by quolls, Tasmanian devils and wedge-tailed eagles.