Species Bettongia tropica Wakefield, 1967

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External Links

• Bettongia tropica Wakefield, N.A. 1967. Some taxonomic revision in the Australian marsupial genus Bettongia (Macropodidae), with description of a new species. Victorian Naturalist 84: 8-22 3 pls 1 map [15] [this may be B. penicillata Gray, see Sharman, G.B., Murtagh, C.E., Johnson, P.M. & Weaver, C.M. 1980. The chromosomes of a rat-kangaroo attributable to Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 59–63].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV C6870 ♂ adult skin & skull (ex MCZ 29207), Mt Spurgeon, E QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Sharman, G.B., Murtagh, C.E., Johnson, P.M. & Weaver, C.M. 1980. The chromosomes of a rat-kangaroo attributable to Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 59-63.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Nocturnal, open forest, solitary, subtropical, tall open forest, tall open woodland, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Johnson, C.N. & McIlwee, A.P. 1997. Ecology of the northern bettong, Bettongia tropica, a tropical mycophagist. Wildlife Research 24: 549-560

Jonson, P.M. & Delean, S. 2001. Reproduction in the northern bettong, Bettongia tropica Wakefield (Marsupialia: Potoroidae), in captivity with age estimation and development of pouch young. Wildlife Research 28: 79-85

Laurance, W.F. 1997. A distributional survey and habitat model for the endangered northern bettong Bettongia tropica in tropical Queensland. Biological Conservation 82: 47-60

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

McIlwee, A.P. & Johnson, C.N. 1998. The contribution of fungus to the diets of three mycophagous marsupials in Eucalyptus forests, revealed by stable isotope analysis. Functional Ecology 12: 223-231

Reddell, P., Spain, A.V. & Hopkins, M. 1997. Dispersal of spores of mycorrhizal fungi in scats of native mammals in tropical forests of northeastern Australia. Biotropica 29: 184-192

Sharman, G.B., Murtagh, C.E., Johnson, P.M. & Weaver, C.M. 1980. The chromosomes of a rat-kangaroo attributable to Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 59-63

Smith, M.J. 1998. Establishment of a captive colony of Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) by cross-fostering; and observations on reproduction. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 43-50

Storch, D. 1993. The northern bettong - an endangered endemic of far north Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 196: 15-16

Vernes, K. & Pope, L.C. 2001. Stability of nest use, home range and movement of the northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) following moderate intensity fire in a tropical woodland, north-eastern Queensland. Wildlife Research 28: 141-150

Warren, G.L. 1993. Conservation strategies for rare and threatened vertebrates of Australia's wet tropics region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34: 229-241

Winter, J.W. & Johnson, P.M. 1995. Northern Bettong Bettongia tropica. pp. 294-295 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Northern Bettong)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)