Burrowing Bettong

Order Diprotodontia; Family Potoroidae; Scientific name: Bettongia lesueur: Common name:  Burrowing Bettong; Alternative common name: Boodie - Distribution in Australia: naturally persisting only on Dorre & Bernier Islands off Shark Bay / Western Australia - It used to occur in all mainland states except Victoria, but became extinct on the mainland by the late 1940s; it has been recently successfully reintroduced to several locations on the mainland – Conservation status: VULNERABLE