Published December 31, 2005
| Version v1
Taxonomic treatment
Open
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837
Creators
Description
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 584.
Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales.
Vernacular Names: Woylie.
Synonyms: Bettongia ogilbyi (Waterhouse 1841); Bettongia francisca Finlayson 1957; Bettongia gouldii Waterhouse 1845.
Distribution: SW Western Australia, S South Australia including St. Francis Isl, NW Victoria, C New South Wales.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as B. p. penicillata, otherwise Lower Risk (conservation dependent).
Discussion: Does not include tropica, contra Sharman et al. (1980).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Files
Files
(1.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:ae632ab2f17423912882164ba6949657
|
1.1 kB | Download |
System files
(8.3 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:045bc642b75370024e2d123b2e8a85cb
|
8.3 kB | Download |
Linked records
Oops! Something went wrong while fetching results.
Additional details
Identifiers
Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/EFC9935787F7AC0A5B50238F4F73B0AD (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/CEE76A2A7FA7528ED40A76B7AF48B084 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231548864 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Potoroidae
- Genus
- Bettongia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Gray
- Species
- penicillata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Gray, J. E. 1837 [1838]. On a new species of paradoxure (Paradoxurus derbianus) with remarks on some Mammalia recently purchased by the British Museum, and characters of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1837: 67.
- Sharman, G. B., C. E. Murtagh, P. M. Johnson, and C. M. Weaver. 1980. The chromosomes of a rat-kangaroo attributable to Bettongia tropica (Marsupialia; Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 28: 59 - 63.