Bettongia tropica

Wakefield, 1967

Northern 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

Wakefield, N.A. 1967-01-05. Some taxonomie revision in the Australian marsupial genus Bettongia (Macropodidae), with description of a new species. Victorian Naturalist 84:8-22.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46800968

Original name as described

Bettongia tropica

Other common names

Brush-tailed Bettong · Tropical Bettong

Type material

NMV C6870 (= MCZ:Mamm:29207)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:29207

Type locality

"Mount Spurgeon, 3700 feet, north-eastern Queensland," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000325

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.

Bettongia tropica

Wakefield, 1967

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

tropica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C6870 (= MCZ:Mamm:29207)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:MAMM:29207

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46800968

Authority publication

Victorian Naturalist

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Jackson & Groves (2015:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  6. Jackson & Groves (2015:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2787/115063540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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