Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest 1822)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 57

Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest 1822)

[Kangurus] gaimardi Desmarest 1822 , Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., 2 (Suppl.): 542.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Bettong.

Synonyms: Bettongia formosus (Ogilby 1838) ; Bettongia hunteri (Owen 1841) ; Bettongia lepturus (Quoy and Gaimard 1824) ; Bettongia minimus (Boitard 1841) ; Bettongia phillippi (Ogilby 1838) ; Bettongia setosa Gray 1837 ; Bettongia white (Quoy and Gaimard 1824) ; Bettongia whitei Gray 1841 .

Distribution: Formerly coastal SE Queensland and N New South Wales, south to SW Victoria; now extinct on mainland Australia; survives in Tasmania.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as B. g. gaimardi , otherwise Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: See Corbet and Hill (1980:16).