Tas-Pademelon's are cute

Think Kangaroo ... but much smaller :)

This little Pademelon was on the Russell Falls track at Mt Field, Tasmania.
These are a little macropod of the marsupial family. About the size of a large house cat or basketball.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/...93fd9507_o.jpg

so cute! do people have them as pets?

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Think Kangaroo ... but much smaller

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That's what I thought, MA. Very, very cute.

Very cute little creature and a very nice capture of him. Well done. :)

way cute capture!

Thanks gang :)

No Bambi ... I've never known anyone to have them as pets.

Great catch! Never heard of them before, are they rodents?

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Originally Posted by OWLP

Great catch! Never heard of them before, are they rodents?

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No no. Read my first post ... I explain it there :)

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Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

No no. Read my first post ... I explain it there :)

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Ok, just thought by the look of the face and the tail.

Kangaroo's are usually thought of only with the two large ones most people see ... the Red and the Grey roo's. However, Wallabies are just a smaller species of roo and Pademelons are smaller again. We see Pademelons here in Qld as well ... I saw one yesterday while in the rain-forest above the Gold Coast. Very cute little guys and sometimes quite tolerant of people.