Species Bettongia anhydra Finlayson, 1957 (extinct)

• Bettongia anhydra McDowell, M.C., Haouchar, D., Aplin, K.P., Bunce, M., Baynes, A. & Prideaux, G.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports specific recognition of the recently extinct Bettongia anhydra (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Journal of Mammalogy 96(2): 287-296 [289].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M3582 near-complete cranium, McEwin Hills, Lake MacKay area, Northern Territory [approximately 22°02′S, 129°47′E].
• Bettongia penicillata anhydra Finalyson, H.H. 1957. Preliminary description of two new forms of Bettongia (Marsupialia). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 552-554 [552].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA M3582 partial skull with mandible (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 [11] showed the holotype to be a specimen of Bettongia lesueur and not B. penicillata), near McEwin Hills, Lake MacKay area, NT.

 

Introduction

McDowell et al. (2015) elevated B. penicillata anhydra to full species status, based on comprehensive morphological and molecular analyses. Bettongia anhydra is presumed extinct.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)

Distribution References

General References

McDowell, M.C., Haouchar, D., Aplin, K.P., Bunce, M., Baynes, A. & Prideaux, G.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports specific recognition of the recently extinct Bettongia anhydra (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Journal of Mammalogy 96(2): 287-296

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	POTOROIDAE	17-May-2023	MODIFIED
04-Feb-2023	Bettongia Gray, 1837	18-Apr-2018	MODIFIED
	Bettongia Gray, 1837	15-Apr-2015	ADDED