Nullarbor dwarf bettong

Nullarbor dwarf bettong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Potoroidae
Genus: Bettongia
Species:
B. pusilla
Binomial name
Bettongia pusilla
McNamara, 1997[2]

The Nullarbor dwarf bettong, Bettongia pusilla, was a potoroine marsupial that occurred in Australia. The animal is only known from skeletons found in caves of the Nullarbor Plain and is now classified as recently extinct.

  1. ^ Burbidge, A.A.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Bettongia pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136805A21960843. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136805A21960843.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference McNamara1997 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).