Nullarbor dwarf bettong

Nullarbor dwarf bettong

Extinct  (1500s?)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Potoroidae
Subfamily: Potoroinae
Genus: Bettongia
Species: B. pusilla
McNamara, 1997

The Nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla) was a species of bettong endemic to the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It is only known from fossil records.

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