Description
Bettongs are small marsupials with shaggy grey/red fur, a grey tail, and bare pink skin surrounding the eyes
Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia, where it is widespread in the east of the country from near Cooktown to north of Newcastle. It formerly in the Murray Valley of New South Wales and Victoria
Lifespan
The average lifespan is greater than 5 years, and captive animals have been known to live for 8 years.
Size
Depending on the species type, they can grow between 30 and 38 cm tall. Each has a strong, prehensile tail roughly the same length as its body. Their body weights between 2.5 - 3.5 kg on average.
Diet
They usually emerge shortly after dark to forage and primarily eat herbs, roots, tubers, fungi and insects.
Habitat
Found in grassy wooded areas, coastal eucalypt forests and all wet sclerophyll forests
Breeding
Females are continuous breeders, with sexual maturity reached at about 11 months. Females raise one young per pregnancy but can have 3-4 young per year. The gestational period is 22 - 24 days