Bettongia

Bettongia penicillata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Macropodiformes

Familia: Potoroidae
Subfamilia: Potoroinae
Tribus: Bettongini
Genus: Bettongia
Species (6): B. gaimardi – B. lesueur – B. penicillata – B. tropica – †B. anhydra – †B. pusilla

Name

Bettongia Gray, 1837

Type species: Bettongia setosa Gray, 1837 (=Bettongia gaimardi)

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of natural history and Journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology, and meteorology. N.S. 1: 577–587. BHL Reference page.  [See page 584.]
• McNamara, J.A. 1997. Some smaller macropod fossils of South Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117: 97–105. BHL Reference page.  [See pp. 98, 100–102, Fig. 1.]

Additional references

• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Bettongia in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Bettong