Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1:584.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales .

DISTRIBUTION: SW Western Australia, S South Australia including St. Francis Isl, NW Victoria, C New South Wales, E Queensland.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered; B. p. tropica may be extinct (see Ride, 1970:199).

SYNONYMS: francisca, gouldii, ogilbyi, tropica .

COMMENTS: See Sharman et al. (1980).