Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 . Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth), 1:584.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales .

DISTRIBUTION: S.W. Western Australia; S. South Australia including St. Francis Isl.; N.W. Victoria; C. New South Wales; E. Queensland.

COMMENT: Includes tropica; see Sharman et al., 1980, Aust. J. Zool., 28; this form may be extinct; see Ride, 1970:199.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as Bettongia spp. and U.S. ESA - Endangered as B. penicillata . U.S. ESA - Endangered as B. tropica .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012002003001 as B. penicillata .

5301402012002004001 as B. tropica .