Species profile—Bettongia lesueur graii (burrowing bettong)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs) → Bettongia lesueur graii (burrowing bettong)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs)
- Scientific name
- Bettongia lesueur graii (Gould, 1841)
- Common name
- burrowing bettong
- Type reference
- Gould, J. 1841. Description of a new species of Hypsiprymnus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 178-179.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 29916
- Synonym(s)
- Bettongia lesueur
Bettongia penicillata anhydra
Hypsiprymnus graii
Hypsiprymnus lesueur
Perameles harveyi - Alternate name(s)
- burrowing rat kangaroo
Burrowing Bettong (inland)
Lesueur's bettong
Lesueur's rat kangaroo - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- EX
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Extinct
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=29916.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
