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Bettongs, species of the genus Bettongia, are potoroine marsupials once common in Australia. They are important ecosystem engineers displaced during the colonisation of the continent, and are vulnerable to threatening factors such as altered fire regimes, land clearing, pastoralism and introduced predatory species such as the fox and cat.
The eastern bettong (Bettongia gaimardi), also known as the southern or Tasmanian bettong, is a small, hopping, rat-like mammal native to grassy forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the rat-kangaroo family ( Potoroidae ), it is active at night and feeds on fungi and plant roots.
A rare marsupial joey is exploring life outside its mother’s pouch for the first time at a North Carolina zoo. The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, welcomed a new healthy bettong joey to ...
The northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) is a small, endangered, gerbil-like mammal native to forests in northeast Australia. A member of the rat-kangaroo family ( Potoroidae ), it moves by hopping and lives in burrows, feeding at night on roots and fungi.
The boodie (Bettongia lesueur), also known as the burrowing bettong or Lesueur's rat-kangaroo, [4] is a small, furry, rat-like mammal native to Australia. Once common ...
Bettong – any of several species of the genus Bettongia, sometimes referred to as rat-kangaroos Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Betong .
The rufous rat-kangaroo or rufous bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens) is a small, jumping, rat-like marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the only species in the genus Aepyprymnus . The largest member of the potoroo/bettong family ( Potoroidae ), it is about the size of a rabbit.
Bettongia anhydra, also known as desert bettong, is a recently extinct species of potoroine marsupial. Taxonomy A ...