Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837

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 penicillata Gray 1837

Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837 , Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 584.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales.

Vernacular Names: Woylie.

Synonyms: Bettongia ogilbyi (Waterhouse 1841) ; Bettongia francisca Finlayson 1957 ; Bettongia gouldii Waterhouse 1845 .

Distribution: SW Western Australia, S South Australia including St. Francis Isl, NW Victoria, C New South Wales.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as B. p. penicillata , otherwise Lower Risk (conservation dependent).

Discussion: Does not include tropica , contra Sharman et al. (1980).