Species Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Burrowing Bettong
Generic Combinations
- Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Now restricted to islands off W and NW coast of WA.
IBRA
NSW, NT, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, cave dweller, coastal, granivore, gregarious, hummock grassland, low shrubland, nocturnal, omnivore, terrestrial, tussock grassland.
Extra Ecological Information
Constructs warrens, nest in burrow.
General References
Burbidge, A.A. 1995. Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur. pp. 289-291 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Christensen, P. & Burrows, N. 1995. Project Desert dreaming: the reintroduction of mammals to the Gibson Desert. pp. 199-207 in Serena, M. (ed.). Reintroduction biology of Australian and New Zealand fauna. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty.
Ride, W.D.L. & Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1962. Mammals. pp. 54-97 in Fraser, A.J. (ed.). The results of an expedition to Bernier and Dorre Islands, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Fauna Bulletin No. 2. Fisheries Department Western Australia. Perth : Fisheries Department Western Australia 131 pp.
Sander, U., Short, J. & Turner, B. 1997. Social organisation and warren use of the burrowing bettong, Bettongia lesueur (Macropodoidea: Potoroidae). Wildlife Research 24: 143-158
Short, J., Turner, B., Majors, C. & Leone, J. 1997. The fluctuating abundance of endangered mammals on Bernier and Dorre Islands, Western Australia - conservation implications. Australian Mammalogy 20: 53-61
Short, J. & Turner, B. 1993. The distribution and abundance of the burrowing bettong (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea). Wildlife Research 20: 524-534
Short, J. & Turner, B. 1994. A test of the vegetation mosaic hypothesis: A hypothesis to explain the decline and extinction of Australian mammals. Conservation Biology 8: 439-449
Short, J. & Turner, B. 2000. Reintroduction of the burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) to mainland Australia. Biological Conservation 96: 185-196
Stodart, E. 1966. Observations on the behaviour of the marsupial Bettongia lesueuri (Quoy & Gaimard) in an enclosure. CSIRO Wildlife Research 11: 91-99
Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1968. Reproduction and post-natal development in the marsupial Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard). Australian Journal of Zoology 16: 577-602
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Burrowing 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) |