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).