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CAVS: 1764

Subspecies Bettongia lesueur graii (Gould, 1841) (Extinct)

  • Hypsiprymnus graii Gould, J. 1841. Description of a new species of Hypsiprymnus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 178-179 [July 1841; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [178].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 1841.1157 adult skin & badly damaged skull, Swan River, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extinct.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, cave dweller, coastal, granivore, gregarious, hummock grassland, low shrubland, nocturnal, omnivore, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023 Bettongia Gray, 1837 21-Dec-2021 MODIFIED
29-Oct-2010 29-Oct-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)