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

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External Links

• 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

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

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)