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Nullarbor dwarf bettong

Bettongia pusilla McNamara, 1997

Status not recordedmarsupialsExtinct

The nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla) is a species in the family Potoroidae, order Diprotodontia. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the nullarbor dwarf bettong

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the nullarbor dwarf bettong live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The nullarbor dwarf bettong is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the nullarbor dwarf bettong endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the nullarbor dwarf bettong classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPotoroidae
  6. genusBettongia
  7. SpeciesBettongia pusilla McNamara, 1997
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Nullarbor-BürstenrattenkänguruGerman
  • Betong de NullarborSpanish
  • Bettong de NullarborFrench
  • kanguroszczurnik małyPolish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the nullarbor dwarf bettong

Other species in the same genus Bettongia.

NT, Near Threatened
Woylie (Bettongia penicillata)

Woylie

Bettongia penicillata

Potoroidae

NT, Near Threatened
Boodie (Bettongia lesueur)

Boodie

Bettongia lesueur

Potoroidae

CompareNullarbor dwarf bettong vs WoylieNullarbor dwarf bettong vs Eastern bettongNullarbor dwarf bettong vs Northern bettongNullarbor dwarf bettong vs Boodie

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the nullarbor dwarf bettong live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the nullarbor dwarf bettong for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the nullarbor dwarf bettong?

The nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla) belongs to the family Potoroidae in the order Diprotodontia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nullarbor-dwarf-bettong

MLA

“Nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nullarbor-dwarf-bettong.

BibTeX
@misc{nullarbor_dwarf_bettong_2026,
  title = {Nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nullarbor-dwarf-bettong},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}