Bettongia lesueur ssp. graii
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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DIPROTODONTIA
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Family:
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POTOROIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Bettongia lesueur ssp. graii
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Infra-specific Authority:
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(Gould, 1841)
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Common Name/s:
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BURROWING BETTONG (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group
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Justification:
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Bettongia lesueur graii disappeared from mainland Australia by the 1960s.
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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B. l. graii was endemic to mainland Australia.
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Australia
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Population
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Population:
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The last specimen in New South Wales was collected in 1892, however, B. lesueur remained common in parts of central and southwestern Australia until the 1930s. By the early 1960s it had disappeared completely from the mainland.
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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The animal was associated with grassland areas, heath, and sclerophyll woodland.
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System:
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Terrestrial
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Threats
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Threats:
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Competition with introduced rabbits for burrows and food, habitat disruption and disturbance by livestock, predation by foxes, direct killing by people have all been cited as resulting in the extinction of this taxon.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. and Morris, K. (compilers) 1996. Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. IUCN/SSC Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group. . Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
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