The mountain pademelon (''Thylogale lanatus'') is one of seven species of the
genus
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Thylogale''.
[ It is found only in ]Papua New Guinea
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Macropods
Marsupials of New Guinea
Mammals of Papua New Guinea
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
Mammals described in 1922
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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