EASTERN BETTONG

Photographed at Mulligan's Flat, Canberra, February 2018

98                   EASTERN BETTONG                Bettongia gaimardi

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                  98

Also known as Tasmanian or Southern Bettong. Range: south eastern Australia and Tasmania; mainland population became extinct in 1920s but Tasmanian subspecies reintroduced into Mulligan's Flat in Canberra in 2012. Nocturnal, sleeps during day in a domed nest. Main component of diet is underground fungi, roots and tubers, also eats insects and grubs.