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SPECIES Bettongia gaimardi

Author:Desmarest, 1822.
Citation:Mammalogie. In Encycl. Méth., 2(Suppl.): 542.
Common Name:Eastern Bettong
Type Locality:Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson.
Distribution:Formerly coastal SE Queensland and N New South Wales, south to SW Victoria; now extinct on mainland Australia; survives in Tasmania.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as B. g. gaimardi, otherwise Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:See Corbet and Hill (1980:16).
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Synonyms:

    cuniculus (Ogilby, 1838)
    formosus (Ogilby, 1838)
    hunteri (Owen, 1841)
    lepturus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
    minimus (Boitard, 1841)
    phillippi (Ogilby, 1838)
    setosa Gray, 1837
    white (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
    whitei Gray, 1841
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