Brush-tailed Bettong

Brush-tailed BettongThe surviving subspecies has native populations in Western Australia and translocated populations elsewhere. Its gray-to-reddish-brown coat and black tail-tip brush are distinctive.What does it look like?The extant subspecies B. p. ogilbyi has gray to reddish-brown fur, strongly clawed forefeet for digging, and a distinctive black brush at the tail tip.How does it live?The surviving subspecies has native populations in Western Australia and translocated populations elsewhere. Its gray-to-reddish-brown coat and black tail-tip brush are distinctive.Studies in southwest Western Australia report underground fungal fruiting bodies as the main food through the year, with consumption peaking in autumn and winter at some study sites.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.