Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of the genus Bettongia, a group of small brush-tailed kangaroos.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.
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- noun Any
marsupial of the genusBettongia , closely related tokangaroos
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun short-nosed rat kangaroo
Etymologies
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Examples
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Varieties of these give rise to further names, such as bettong or potoroo, but even among Australians these are hardly household words.
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Among other things, Chevron is expected to prepare plans for the protection, management and monitoring of protected animals at the project site, including the spectacled hare-wallaby, burrowing bettong and golden bandicoot.
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Of the 26 species of threatened Australian mammals, 5 are found on Bernier and Dorre islands; burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus, banded hare-wallaby L. fasciatus, Shark Bay mouse Pseudomys praeconis and western barred bandicoot Perameles bougainville.
Shark Bay, Australia 2008
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This work has studied in detail the life cycle of some of Australia's most threatened animals on Bernier and Dorre Islands and has reintroduced the mari, or western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville) and burrowing bettong, (Bettongia lesueur), also known as the boodie.
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The narrow strip of tall open forest is crucial for the conservation of the northern populations of three species of mammals that are restricted to this forest type, namely: yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis, brush-tailed bettong Bettongia penicillata (E) and swamp rat Rattus lutreolus.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is widespread on Tasmania, whereas the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is restricted to dry sclerophyll forest in eastern Tasmania, and the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) prefers dry sclerophyll forest as well.
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In 1992, burrowing bettong was introduced on Heirisson Prong, and was followed with the release of Shark Bay mice in June 1994.
Shark Bay, Australia 2008
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However, rufous hare-wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus (R), burrowing bettong Bettongia lesueur (R) and common brush-tail possum Trichosurus vulpecula have been eradicated in the past 80 years although reintroduction is being considered.
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The burrowing bettong, which never occurred in the more rugged, higher rainfall areas, has become extinct in the ecoregion.
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For example, Dahl reported that, for the burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur), a small kangaroo
strev commented on the word bettong
The act of giving tongs to the cook.
April 14, 2009