The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is a small, critically endangered mammal native to forests and shrubland of Australia. A member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroidae), it moves by hopping and is active at night, digging for fungi to eat. It is also a marsupial and carries its young in a pouch.

The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is an extremely rare, small marsupial, belonging to the genus Bettongia, that is endemic to Australia. There are two subspecies: B. p. ogilbyi, and the now extinct B. p. penicillata.

2018年12月3日 · ‘What’s a woylie?’ you might ask. Well, here are some interesting facts about woylies: 1. A woylie is a small marsupial, endemic to Australia. This means they’re only found in this country and nowhere else in the world. They’re also known as the brush-tailed bettong (bettongia penicillata) or brush-tailed rat kangaroo.

Woylies are small macropods with black crests on their tails that help distinguish them from burrowing bettongs (boodies). The woylie also has a lighter build and longer face than the boodie.

Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi, commonly known as the woylie, is the only surviving subspecies and is found in the. south-west of Western Australia. Photos: M. Bundock (left); R. McLean (right) Woylies have yellowish grey to reddish brown fur with a pale belly and a long, prehensile tail with a black brush at the end.

2023年3月14日 · Woylies are a small, nocturnal, kangaroo-like marsupial with a long tail with a black brushy tip to it. The tail is prehensile meaning they can use it like an extra limb to pick up and carry objects like grass and branches to help build their nests. They are very good diggers using their strong claws to dig up fungi and roots.

2023年6月8日 · Woylies are ecosystem engineers, meaning they play a critical role in keeping their habitat healthy and sustainable. A single woylie (remember they are around 1.2kg) turns over approximately 5...

The woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) is a nocturnal rat-like kangaroo. It is commonly called a brush-tail bettong and woylie refers to its name from the Nyoongar, indigenous south west Australians. Other common and indigenous names include Brush tailed Bettong, Rat Kangaroo, Brush trailed Rat Kangaroo, Woylyer, and Karpitchi (De Torres 2008).

Brush-tailed bettongs are a solitary animal. They are nocturnal. The day is spent sleeping in their nest with most of their foraging taking place at dusk and dawn. The nest site is protected against other brush-tailed bettongs. Their nest is created from sticks and leaves at the base of a tree. They may use many nests at a single time.

Woylies are small, brush-tailed marsupials that were once the most widely-distributed of all the Bettongs, occurring across much of the mainland. Woylies rapidly declined after European settlement and were restricted to four areas in south-west WA by the 1960s.