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  

MUSKY RAT-KANGAROO

Photographed at Lake Barrine, Queensland August 2017.

1              MUSKY RAT-KANGAROO               Hypsiprymnodon moshatus 

AUSTRALIA           1

Common but in a limited area: tropical rainforests from Mount Lee to Mt Amos in northern Queensland. One of Australia's two diurnal marsupials. Distinguished from other macropods by having five toes on each hind foot. Smallest of the macropods.