Species profile—Bettongia tropica (northern bettong)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs) → Bettongia tropica (northern bettong)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs)
- Scientific name
- Bettongia tropica Wakefield, 1967
- Common name
- northern bettong
- Type reference
- Wakefield, N.A. (1967). Some taxonomic revision in the Australian marsupial genus Bettongia (Macropodidae), with description of a new species. Vic. Nat. 84: 8-22.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 866
- Alternate name(s)
- tropical bettong
brush-tailed bettong - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Critical
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
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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 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=866
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
