Varieties of these give rise to further names, such as bettong or potoroo, but even among Australians these are hardly household words.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference

For example, Dahl reported that, for the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur), a small kangaroo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kimberly tropical savanna] Reference

The burrowing bettong, which never occurred in the more rugged, higher rainfall areas, has become extinct in the ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kimberly tropical savanna] Reference

In 1992, burrowing bettong was introduced on Heirisson Prong, and was followed with the release of Shark Bay mice in June 1994.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shark Bay, Australia] Reference

Among other things, Chevron is expected to prepare plans for the protection, management and monitoring of protected animals at the project site, including the spectacled hare-wallaby, burrowing bettong and golden bandicoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Environmental Approval Given for Gorgon Project] Reference

However, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus (R), burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur (R) and common brush-tail possum Trichosurus vulpecula have been eradicated in the past 80 years although reintroduction is being considered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia] Reference

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is widespread on Tasmania, whereas the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is restricted to dry sclerophyll forest in eastern Tasmania, and the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) prefers dry sclerophyll forest as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tasmanian temperate forests] Reference

The narrow strip of tall open forest is crucial for the conservation of the northern populations of three species of mammals that are restricted to this forest type, namely: yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis, brush-tailed bettong Bettongia penicillata (E) and swamp rat Rattus lutreolus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia] Reference

Of the 26 species of threatened Australian mammals, 5 are found on Bernier and Dorre islands; burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus, banded hare-wallaby L. fasciatus, Shark Bay mouse Pseudomys praeconis and western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shark Bay, Australia] Reference

Not that every Australian can tell you what a bettong or a tammar or even a nail-tailed wallaby is.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference

These include the the rare flatback turtle, spectacled hare-wallaby, burrowing bettong and golden bandicoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forex TV.com - Forex News] Reference

The burrowing bettong has become extinct on the mainland but has been reintroduced from small populations that survived on islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

The nature reserve is home to species such as the flatback turtle and the burrowing bettong, a rat-like kangaroo that no longer survives on the mainland.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front] Reference

Into oblivion ... some of the disappearing native mammals: (clockwise from above) burrowing bettong, a possum, northern brown bandicoot and northern quoll.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

Rabbits also threaten some of our native burrowing animals, such as the bilby and the burrowing bettong, by moving into their existing burrows and competing for food.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

AT DUSK, the dry savannah of the Kimberley was once alive with the scuttling and foraging of the burrowing bettong, a marsupial whose '' countless numbers '' were marvelled at by early surveyors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference

Among those animals considered critically endangered, with less than 120 of each still alive, are the northern hairy-nosed wombat, Gilbert's potoroo, the Lord Howe long-eared bat and the brush-tail bettong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius VU) is endemic to this ecoregion and globally threatened mammals include a subspecies of the endangered mahogany glider (Petaurus australis reginae), the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica EN), spotted-tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis EN), and the false swamp rat (Xeromys myoides VU).    From Wordnik.com.  [Queensland tropical rain forests] Reference

Mammals that have been extirpated from southern Eyre Peninsula include tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), the vulnerable greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), the endangered western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), the vulnerable burrowing bettong (Bettongia leseur), and brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia pencillata).    From Wordnik.com.  [Eyre and York mallee] Reference