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Bettongia

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n.1.a genus of marsupials including the jerboa kangaroo, the bettong.
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Noun1.Bettongia - jerboa kangaroo
genus Bettongia
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
Potoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae - rat kangaroos
bettong - short-nosed rat kangaroo
jerboa kangaroo, kangaroo jerboa - brush-tailed rat kangaroo
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Endangered species which scientists are now trying to save from cats and foxes include the mala (Lagorchestes hirsutus), the antina (Zyzomys pedunculatus, or central rock rat), the burrowing and brushtail bettong, Bettongia lagotis, the bilby, Macrotis lagotis, the Alice Springs mouse, Pseudomysfieldi, and the mallee fowl, Leipoa ocellata.
Felix the destroyer by Collis, Brad / Ecos
ON the Heirisson Prong Peninsula, scientists and wildlife managers are fighting an ongoing battle to protect from predators reintroduced populations of the burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur, and western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville.
Will cats take the bait? by Bennett, Bryony / Ecos
 
 
 
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