Bettongia lesueur (Quoy and Gaimard 1824)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 57

Bettongia lesueur (Quoy and Gaimard 1824)

[Hypsiprymnus] lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824 , in: de Freycinet, Voy. autour du monde ... Uranie et al Physicienne, Zool.: 64.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Dirk Hartog Isl (Shark Bay).

Vernacular Names: Boodie.

Synonyms: Bettongia anhydra Finlayson 1957 ; Bettongia graii (Gould 1841) ; Bettongia harveyi ( Waterhouse 1842) .

Distribution: Formerly in Dampier Land (Western Australia), South Australia, Dirk Hartog Isl, Barrow Isl, Bernier and Dorre Isls, Northern Territory, and SW New South Wales ( Australia); now extinct except on W Australian Isls.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as B. l. graii , otherwise Vulnerable. Rare.

Discussion: Commonly misspelt " lesueuri ", but the original spelling is lesueur , with no indication that it is an error.