Bettongia lesueur

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Burrowing Bettong

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Potoroidae
Subfamily : Potoroinae
Tribe : Bettongini
Genus : Bettongia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

<i>In</i> de Freycinet, Voy. autour du monde...Uranie et al Physicienne, Zool., 64 ]

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871055

Original name as described

hypsiprymnus Lesueur

Other common names

Boodie · Burrowing Rat-kangaroo · Lesueur's Rat-kangaroo

Type material

MNHN AC A12737, MNHN AC 12738

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"l'île Dirck-Hatichs" (= Dirk Hartog's Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000322

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hypsiprymnus Graii

(J. Gould, 1841)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

graii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1157

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d69b402-2d2c-4246-bb8a-fbbd06e851c5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7f9b5d46-5db9-4530-a19d-4db2bd7d8484

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571617

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Perameles Harveyi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

harveyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.416

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/081209db-3cb4-497a-b2c2-1c2e0f1c4bfd

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679809

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

hypsiprymnus Lesueur

(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

lesueur

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN AC A12737, MNHN AC 12738

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871055

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Bettongia Graii

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

graii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534867

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Hypsiprymnus Grayii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

grayii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hypsiprymnus Lesueurii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

lesueurii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Bettongia lesueur

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

lesueur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2784/21961179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bettongia lesueuri

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

lesueuri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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