Bettongia gaimardi

Bettongia gaimardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangerida Superfamilia: Macropodoidea

Familia: Potoroidae
Subfamilia: Bettongiinae
Genus: Bettongia
Species: Bettongia gaimardi

Name

Bettongia gaimardi (Desmarest, 1822)

• Holotype: MNHN 1990-405, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Joseph Paul Gaimard.
• Type locality: “aux environs du port Jackson, sur la côte Est de la Nouvelle-Hollande”.

Synonyms

• Bettongia setosa Gray, 1837
• Kangurus gaimardi Desmarest, 1822: 542

References

Primary references

• Desmarest, A.G. 1822. Mammalogie ou Description des espèces de mammifères. Partie II. Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Burbidge, A.A., Woinarski, J. & Johnson, C.N. 2016. IUCN: Bettongia gaimardi  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2783A21960911. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T2783A21960911.en. Accessed on 05 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Eastern Bettong