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).