Bettongia

However, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus (R), burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur (R) and common brush-tail possum Trichosurus vulpecula have been eradicated in the past 80 years although reintroduction is being considered.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia 2008

The narrow strip of tall open forest is crucial for the conservation of the northern populations of three species of mammals that are restricted to this forest type, namely: yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis, brush-tailed bettong Bettongia penicillata (E) and swamp rat Rattus lutreolus.

Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008

This work has studied in detail the life cycle of some of Australia's most threatened animals on Bernier and Dorre Islands and has reintroduced the mari, or western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) and burrowing bettong, (Bettongia lesueur), also known as the boodie.

Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is widespread on Tasmania, whereas the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is restricted to dry sclerophyll forest in eastern Tasmania, and the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) prefers dry sclerophyll forest as well.

Tasmanian temperate forests 2008

Of the 26 species of threatened Australian mammals, 5 are found on Bernier and Dorre islands; burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus, banded hare-wallaby L. fasciatus, Shark Bay mouse Pseudomys praeconis and western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville.

Shark Bay, Australia 2008

For example, Dahl reported that, for the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur), a small kangaroo

Kimberly tropical savanna 2007

A number of other species are largely restricted to the mesic southwest and found in this ecoregion: the yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes leucogaster), southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), and the woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi).

Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands 2007

The species of the genera Petrogale and Bettongia are common to New South

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855

Rock-Kangaroos, to the rocky districts; the latter, like Bettongia, sit with their tail between the legs.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 George Grey 1855

The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius VU) is endemic to this ecoregion and globally threatened mammals include a subspecies of the endangered mahogany glider (Petaurus australis reginae), the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica EN), spotted-tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus gracilis EN), and the false swamp rat (Xeromys myoides VU).

Queensland tropical rain forests 2008