Desert rat-kangaroo

Weight

900 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

13 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

45.7 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Extinct (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The desert rat-kangaroo is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The desert rat-kangaroo is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List: it no living individuals remain.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Extinct species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderDiprotodontia
5. familyPotoroidae
6. genusCaloprymnus
7. SpeciesCaloprymnus campestris (Gould, 1843)

Synonyms Bettongia campestris

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Rufous rat-kangaroo

Aepyprymnus rufescens

Potoroidae

NT, Near Threatened

Woylie

Bettongia penicillata

Potoroidae

NT, Near Threatened

Eastern bettong

Bettongia gaimardi

Potoroidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Gilbert's potoroo

Potorous gilbertii

Potoroidae

VU, Vulnerable

L

Long-footed potoroo

Potorous longipes

PotoroidaeNo free photo yet

EN, Endangered

Northern bettong

Bettongia tropica

Potoroidae

CompareDesert rat-kangaroo vs Rufous rat-kangarooDesert rat-kangaroo vs WoylieDesert rat-kangaroo vs Eastern bettongDesert rat-kangaroo vs Gilbert's potoroo

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@misc{desert_rat_kangaroo_2026,
  title = {Desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/desert-rat-kangaroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}