The Northern bettong is a native marsupial of Australia. It is found only in the rainforests of northeast Queensland, including the Windsor Tableland, Carbine Tableland, Lamb Range, Coane Range and Mt Zero.
Relatives of the now-extinct Desert Rat-kangaroo include the tiny Musky Rat-kangaroo and the various species of bettong. Bettong species include the Woylie (Brush-tailed bettong), Boodie (Burrowing bettong), Rufous bettong (Rufous rat-kangaroo), Northern bettong, and the now-extinct Southern bettong and Nullarbor Dwarf bettong.
There are four remaining species of bettong, and they are all found in Australia.The Eastern Bettong is found in eastern Tasmania.The Burrowing Bettong is extinct from the mainland, and found only on offshore islands of Western Australia.The Brush-tailed Bettong, or Woylie, is found only in small, sparse colonies in South Australia and Western Australia.The Northern Bettong is found only in a few small colonies on the coast of far northern Queensland.
There are four remaining species of bettong, and they are all found in Australia.The Eastern Bettong is found in eastern Tasmania.The Burrowing Bettong is extinct from the mainland, and found only on offshore islands of Western Australia.The Brush-tailed Bettong, or Woylie, is found only in small, sparse colonies in South Australia and Western Australia.The Northern Bettong is found only in a few small colonies on the coast of far northern Queensland.
The bettong is a small member of the Kangaroo family. There are several species of bettong. The Northern bettong is found in the tropical areas of far north Queensland, specifically the Lamb Range, Paluma and Mt Zero. The Tasmanian bettong is found primarily in eastern Tasmania, Australia's island state. The Brush-tailed bettong, also known as the woylie, occurs naturally in southwest Western Australia, but populations have been relocated to islands off South Australia, and in protected reserves in Western Australia and New South Wales.
A bettong is a marsupial of the genus Bettongia, closely related to kangaroos and resembling rats.
No. The conservation status of the Rufous bettong is "least concern".
Yes.
There is no species known as a "bush tailed rat-kangaroo". The closest is the Brush tailed Bettong, as the bettong is a type of rat-kangaroo. Also known as the woylie, this animal is a native marsupial of Australia, found in dry sclerophyll forest areas of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and South Australia.
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