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Bettongia tropica (Northern Bettong)

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) is a small potoroid marsupial which is restricted to some areas of mixed open Eucalyptus woodlands and Allocasuarina forests bordering rainforests in far northeastern Queensland, Australia. The northern bettong is an endangered animal, and only populates three regions of Queensland, Australia, all within 80 miles of each other.
View Wikipedia Record: Bettongia tropica

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Bettongia tropica

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
56
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.04
EDGE Score: 4.39
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.646 lbs (1.20 kg)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  10 months 1 day
Gestation [1]  20 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [3]  3
Maximum Longevity [3]  19 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Weaning [1]  5 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mount Lewis National Park II 68053 Queensland, Australia  
Mount Zero-Taravale Nature Refuge 149024 Queensland, Australia      
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site 2210160 Queensland, Australia    

Prey / Diet

Alloteropsis semialata[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Paraustrostrongylus bettongia <Unverified Name>[5]
Potorostrongylus tropicus <Unverified Name>[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
♦ 5Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0