• The main threats are hunting and forest loss.
• The dusky pademelon is a small kangaroo inhabiting the forests of New Guinea.

Dusky pademelons are found across several biogeographical realms, including Australasia, Afrotropics, Indomalaya, and Oceania. The species inhabits lowland forests of central Congo, lowland forests of northeastern Congo, Forests of the Eastern Arc, lowland rainforests of Sulawesi, and humid tropical forests of western Polynesia.