Bettongia haoucharae

Newman-Martin, Travouillon, & N. Warburton in Newman-Martin, Travouillon, N. Warburton, Barham, & A. J. Blyth, 2025

Little Bettong

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangerida
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Potoroidae
Subfamily : Bettongiinae
Genus : Bettongia

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. and Blyth, A.J. 2025-09-05. A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. Zootaxa 5690(1):1-69.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5690.1.1

Original name as described

Bettongia haoucharae

Other common names

Brush-tailed Rat-kangaroo · Woylie · Brush-tailed Bettong

Type material

WAM 72.12.21

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

""Blowhole 4km N. of Rawlinna's Shearing Shed, or 60km S. of Rawlinna Siding", Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described extinct species (based on populations previously attributed to B. penicillata)

Taxonomy notes citation

Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. and Blyth, A.J. 2025. A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. Zootaxa 5690(1):1-69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5690.1.1

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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