Brush-tailed bettongs are solitary, nocturnal marsupials who only come together for courting and mating or if a female has an offspring at their heels. Each slow-moving bettong will spend from dusk until a few hours before dawn foraging for food.

2025年1月24日 · The brush-tailed bettong looks like a miniature kangaroo and, similarly, has a pouch where it keeps its young. But don’t be fooled, this small marsupial is not as adorable as it looks.

A bettong is about the size of a rabbit, with body length ranging from 30cm to 38cm among species. All bettongs have long tails, roughly equal to body length. Body weight ranges from 1.2 kg in the smallest species (Northern Bettong) to 2.8kg in the Rufous Bettong, the largest of the group. Males tend to be slightly larger than females.

There are a few distinct species, including the Eastern Bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) and the Long-nosed Potoroo (Potoroos tridactylus), each with their unique traits and characteristics.

The brush-tailed bettong looks like a miniature kangaroo and, similarly, has a pouch where it keeps its young. But don’t be fooled, this small marsupial is not as adorable as it looks.

The Bettong, or Brush-tailed Rat Kangaroo, is an extremely rare small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia. It is a small macropod, being only some 30-35 cm in body length, with a tail around 37 cm long, and weighing between 1.1 and 1.6 kg.

Shaggy grey fur with a rufous tinge, grey tail and bare pink skin surrounding the eyes.

The Northern Bettong is a small, lightly-built macropod with grey fur and a cream underbelly, and a black crest on the end of its tail. It holds its front paws closely to its chest, and moves with a low, distinctive springy hop.

The eastern bettong (Bettongia gaimardi ), also known as the Balbo (by the Ngunnawal People who used to keep them as pets), southern bettong and Tasmanian bettong, is a bettong whose natural range includes southeastern Australia and eastern Tasmania.

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