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| 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.
