Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Burrowing Bettong
Description
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Habitat
Ecology: The animal was associated with grassland areas, heath , and sclerophyll woodland.[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
()
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
()
- (Simpson, 1970) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
()
- (Gill, 1871) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Diprotodontia
()
- Owen, 1866
- Suborder:
Macropodiformes
()
- Ameghino, 1889
- Family:
Potoroidae
()
- (Gray, 1821) Flannery et al., 1984
- Subfamily:
Potoroinae
()
- Subfamily:
Potoroinae
(
- Family:
Potoroidae
(
- Suborder:
Macropodiformes
(
- Order:
Diprotodontia
(
- Grandorder:
Syndactyli
(
- Superorder:
Eometatheria
(
- Magnorder:
Australidelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Bettongia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. gaimardi (Tasmanian Rat Kangaroo) · B. gaimardi cuniculus (Tasmanian Bettong) · B. gaimardi gaimardi (Eastern Bettong) · B. lesueur (Lesueur's Rat Kangaroo) · B. lesueur graii (Burrowing Bettong) · B. lesueur lesueur (Boodie) · B. lesueur nova (Burrowing Bettong) · B. penicillata (Woylie) · B. penicillata ogilbyi (Woylie) · B. penicillata penicillata (Brush-Tailed Bettong) · B. pusilla (Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong) · B. tropica (Northern Bettong)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. and Morris, K. (compilers) 1996. Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. .
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Notes
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Contributors
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 111605
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764389
- IUCN ID: 2789
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 628974
Footnotes
- Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
