Woylie: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the woylie live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the woylie 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 woylie endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the woylie?

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

About the woylie

The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia ogilbyi) is a small, near-threatened mammal native to forests and shrubland of Australia. A member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroidae), it moves by hopping and is active at night, digging for fungi to eat. It is also a marsupial and carries its young in a pouch. Once widespread across southern Australia, the woylie mostly died out from habitat loss and introduced predators such as foxes and feral cats. It is currently restricted to two small areas in Western Australia. There are four subspecies: both B. o. ogilbyi, and B. o. sylvatica, are extant and occur in small populations in the southwest, while B. o. odontoploica, and B. o. francisca are extinct.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Woylie (revision 1370578449), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q210070 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).