Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822:542)

Eastern bettong, Eastern rat-kangaroo, Gaimard's rat-kangaroo, Gaimard's bettong

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Kangurus gaimardi Desmarest, 1822:542; Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822:542); Hypsiprymnus white Quoy & Gaimard, 1824; Bettongia gaimardi gainardi (Desmarest, 1822:542) [orth. error used by Jackson & Groves, 2015:135]

Conservation Status

Extinct (Burbidge, 2024)

Last record: 1910? (Ride, 1970:207); 1911 (Goodwin & Goodwin, 1973); c. 1920's?

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

The extinction of B. g. gaimardi is attributed largely to predation by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) (Johnson et al., 2023).

Distribution

New South Wales (coastal), Queensland (extreme south-eastern), South Australia (extreme south-eastern) & Victoria, Australia

Type locality: "Port Jackson, N.S.W." (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:54)

"Coastal New South Wales to the slopes of the [Great] Dividing Range"

(Troughton, 1957:159)

Biology & Ecology

"Ecology: temperate, tussock grassland, open forest, nocturnal, terrestrial, fungivore, granivore, root-feeder; solitary, nest builder."

(Calaby & Richardson, 1988:55)

Hypodigm

Holotype: MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. N° 130 (skin) / MNHP A2628 (skull) (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:54)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Desmarest, A. G. (1820, 1822). Mammalogie ou description des espèce de mammifères. Encyclopèdie Méthodique. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp., 66 plates.

Other references:

Burbidge, Andrew A. (2024). Australian terrestrial mammals: how many modern extinctions? Australian Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23037

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Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1980. A world list of mammalian species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.

DEECA [Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action]. (2023). Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 Threatened List: June 2023. Published report by The State of Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Melbourne, Victoria.

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2010). Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:02:12 +1100.

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Frith, H. J. (1979). Wildlife Conservation, revised edition. Angus & Robertson. xiv + 416 pp. [p. 295 (table), p. 334-335 (species account)]

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