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Woylie

Bettongia penicillata

Order - Diprotodontia
Family - Potoroidae

Length:

body 30 - 38 cm; tail 29 - 36 cm

Weight:

1.1 - 1.6 kg

Number of Offspring:

1

Gestation Period:

around 21 days

Geographic Range:

endemic to Australia

Diet:

primarily fungivorous, its food consisting largely of the fruiting bodies of underground fungi, supplemented by bulbs, tubers, seeds, insects and resin, probably from Hakea shrubs

Behaviour:

solitary except during courtship and mating and when females have young at heel; occupy distinct individual home ranges of about 20 to 40 ha

Lifespan:

about 4 - 6 years in the wild; maximum up to 18.8 years in human care

IUCN STATUS:

 Critically Endangered (CR)

 

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