Bettongia penicillata

J. E. Gray, 1837

Brush-tailed 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

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268175

Original name as described

Bettóngia penicillàta

Other common names

Brush-tailed Rat-kangaroo · Woylie

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1850.11.22.47 (= BMNH:Mamm:279f) (= BMNH:Mamm:298c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b7b3d95-997c-4402-8ecd-d9158ca82102

Type locality

type locality not given. Identified by T. Iredale and E. Le. G. Troughton in 1934 as New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000323

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 Ogilbyi

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1841)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

ogilbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1144

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11ddcd15-6ab0-41dd-a253-c259d0232495 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/58756191-243a-4603-88d9-bd4cc6cd2537

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064785

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Bettongia Gouldii

G. R. Waterhouse, 1846

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

gouldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.6.29.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a3af9faf-a85f-4d9e-865b-ee18a95d7710

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58844393

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Bettóngia penicillàta

J. E. Gray, 1837

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

penicillata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.11.22.47 (= BMNH:Mamm:279f) (= BMNH:Mamm:298c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b7b3d95-997c-4402-8ecd-d9158ca82102

Authority page

584

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268175

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2785/21961347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Bettongia penicillata francisca

H. H. Finlayson, 1957

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

francisca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SAMA M5484

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

552

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Halmaturus penicillatus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534866

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

ogilbyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

626

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Hypsiprymnus murinus

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

murina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571120

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Fitzinger (1855:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)

Bettongia Gouldii

J. E. Gray, 1843

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

gouldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729745

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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