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Bettongia sp. nov. 'Nullarbor form'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Burbidge, 2024)

Last record: likely Holocene (Burbidge, 2024)

 

Distribution & Habitat

South Australia & Western Australia, Australia

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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

Haouchar, D., Pacioni, C., Haile, J., McDowell, M. C., Baynes, A., Phillips, M. J., Austin, J. J., Pope, L. C., and Bunce, M. (2016). Ancient DNA reveals complexity in the evolutionary history and taxonomy of the endangered Australian brush-tailed bettongs (Bettongia: Marsupialia: Macropodidae: Potoroinae). Biodiversity and Conservation 25: 2907-2927.

 

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