For example, Dahl reported that, for the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur), a small kangaroo. From Wordnik.com. [Kimberly tropical savanna] 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
A number of other species are largely restricted to the mesic southwest and found in this ecoregion: the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes leucogaster), southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), and the woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi). From Wordnik.com. [Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands] 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
The species of the genera Petrogale and Bettongia are common to New South. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Rock-Kangaroos, to the rocky districts; the latter, like Bettongia, sit with their tail between the legs. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] 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
A number of endangered or restricted range mammals are found in this ecoregion, including the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus VU), chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii VU), woylie (Bettongia penicillata), tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii), ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis VU), southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), and red-tailed phascogales (Phascogale calura EN). From Wordnik.com. [Southwest Australia woodlands] Reference
Bettongia grayii. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Bettongia setosa. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Bettongia whitei. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Bettongia ogilbii. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Bettongia rufescens. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
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