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
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.5690.1.1Original 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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