Order Diprotodontia
Family Potoroidae
Scientific Name
Bettongia lesueur
Other Names
Tungoo, Lesueur’s rat-kangaroo, short-nosed rat-kangaroo, burrowing bettong
Thumbnail Description
It builds burrows which have around 94 entrances
Size and Weight
Adults:
HEAD-BODY-LENGTH: 40 cm
WEIGHT: 1.5 kg
Habitat
Triodia (spinifex), dune habitats
Distribution
Western New South Wales, West Victoria
Diet
Seeds, fruits, flowers, tubers, roots, succulent leaves, grasses, fungi, termites, marine refuse
Reproduction
3
Population
Unknown
Lifespan
3 years (wild)
Speed
Unknown
Baby Name
Joey
Home Range
Unknown
Predators
Wedge-tailed eagle, sea eagles
Sounds
Clucking
Behavior
Nocturnal
Conservation Status
Near Threatened
