#potoroidae

[mammalianmammals]

 Lesueur's rat-kangaroo or Burrowing Bettong or Boodie (Bettongia lesueur), family Potoroidae, order Diprotodontia

Once common throughout Australia, it is now restricted to a few coastal islands.

This species has been reintroduced to a few small areas on the mainland.

photographs: B. Leue, W. Lawler/AWC

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

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Potorous tridactylus | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)

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Bettongia gaimardi | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)

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Ratto kanguru de Lesueur (Bettongia lesueur) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)

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Ratto kanguru (Potorous gilberti) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)

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Kanguru ratto del deserto (Caloprymnus campestris) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)

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Ratto kanguru de facie large (Potorous platyops) | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)