RUFOUS BETTONG

81               RUFOUS BETTONG              Aepuprymnus rufescens

AUSTRALIA                   81

Also known as Rufous Rat-kangaroo. Found on coastal and subcostal NSW and Queensland from n. of Newcastle (NSW) to Cooktown (Q) inland to 300 kms of Townsville. Locally common in  grassy coastal forest, now rare in dry forest on inland slopes. Strongly nocturnal, solitary