Species profile—Caloprymnus campestris (desert rat-kangaroo)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs) → Caloprymnus campestris (desert rat-kangaroo)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Potoroidae (Potoroos and Bettongs)
- Scientific name
- Caloprymnus campestris (Gould, 1843)
- Common name
- desert rat-kangaroo
- WildNet taxon ID
- 867
- Alternate name(s)
- desert bettong
buff-nosed rat-kangaroo
bluff-nosed rat-kangaroo
plains rat-kangaroo - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Extinct in the wild
- 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=867.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
