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Bettongia
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Bettongs, species of the genus Bettongia, are potoroine marsupials once common in Australia. They are important ecosystem engineers displaced during the colonisation of the continent, and are vulnerable to threatening factors such as altered fire regimes, land clearing, pastoralism and introduced predatory species such as the fox and cat.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyPotoroidae
草原袋鼠屬（或稱短鼻𪖈屬）下的動物，現已知有五種： 蓋氏袋鼠（B. gaimardi） 勒氏短鼻𪖈（B. leseur） 毛尾袋鼠（B. penicillata） 短鼻大袋鼠（B. tropica） † B. pusilla 赤褐袋鼠有時被指是草原袋鼠的一種，但很明顯是錯誤的。 草原袋鼠屬下所有種都被列在《瀕危野生動植物種國際貿易公約》附錄一的保護之下。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 312
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Potoroidae
- Collections
- UCMP
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Conservation status
- Taxonomy
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Bettongs, species of the genus Bettongia, are potoroine marsupials once common in Australia. They are important ecosystem engineers displaced during the colonisation of the continent, and are vulnerable to threatening factors such as altered fire regimes, land clearing, pastoralism and introduced predatory species such as the fox and cat.
== Conservation status == All species of the genus have been severely affected by ecological changes since the European colonisation of Australia. Those that have not become extinct became largely confined to islands and protected reserves and are dependent on re-population programs. The diversity of the genus was poorly understood before their extirpation from the mainland, and new taxa have been identified in specimens newly discovered and already held in museum collections. In August 2021, 40 bettongs were released in different parts of South Australia after being raised in captivity to increase their numbers.
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