Boodie: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the boodie lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bettongia lesueur
Group	Marsupials
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Potoroidae

Where does the boodie live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the boodie in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the boodie endangered?

The boodie’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the boodie?

The boodie (Bettongia lesueur) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Potoroidae, genus Bettongia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the boodie

The boodie (Bettongia lesueur), also known as the burrowing bettong or Lesueur's rat-kangaroo, is a small, furry, rat-like mammal native to Australia. Once common throughout the continent, it is now restricted to a few coastal islands. A member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroidae), it lives in burrows and is active at night when it forages for fungi, roots, and other plant matter. It is about the size of a rabbit and, like most marsupials, carries its young in a pouch.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Boodie (revision 1372440318), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209763 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).