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title: "Red-legged Pademelon"
description: "Thylogale stigmatica — Mammals. The red-legged pademelon is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/red-legged-pademelon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-legged Pademelon

> Thylogale stigmatica — Mammals. The red-legged pademelon is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Thylogale stigmatica*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 3409
- Wikidata: [Q209594](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209594)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42961](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42961)

## Names

- en: Red-legged Pademelon
- de: Rotbeinfilander
- es: Pademelon de Patas Rojas
- fr: Pademelon à pattes rouges
- nl: Roodpootpademelon
- pl: Pademelon czerwononogi

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3276)

## Summary

The red-legged pademelon is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth in New South Wales. In New Guinea it is found in south central lowlands.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_pademelon

## Photo

![Red-legged Pademelon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-legged-pademelon/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193276167

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-legged-pademelon?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).