Conservatory Rescue and sanctuary in Texas

Woylie[1]


Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2]

Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaInfraclass:MarsupialiaOrder:DiprotodontiaFamily:PotoroidaeGenus:BettongiaSpecies:B. ogilbyiBinomial nameBettongia penicillata
Gray, 1837
Subspecies

• B. p. ogilbyi
• †B. p. penicillata

Historic woylie range in orange, current range in red

The woylie (Bettongia ogilbyi), also known as the brush-tailed bettong, is an extremely rare small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia. It is endemic to Australia. Formerly it had two separate subspecies, B. p. ogilbyi and the now extinct B. p. penicillata.