Bettongs - Miniature Macropods
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- The macropod family has to be one of the most iconic groups of marsupials in Australia, and while Kangaroos and Wallabies are well known to everyone, their smaller cousins the Bettongs, remain largely unknown, despite the fact they were almost driven to extinction.
When Europeans first arrived in Australia, there was five species of Bettongs distributed throughout the country, but with the introduction of cats and foxes, the eastern bettong and burrowing bettong became extinct on the mainland, with the Eastern Bettong surviving only in Tasmania and the Burrowing Bettong on smaller offshore islands, the Brushtailed Bettong, once found across much of the country was reduced to a small population in Western Australia and the Northern Bettong being declared endangered. Only the Rufus Bettong remained secure. In recent times significant efforts have been made to reintroduce eastern, brushtailed and burrowing bettongs back to parts of their former range and today all five bettongs now exist on the mainland again, although several are only found in human managed, predator proof, fenced reserves. 
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Thanks so much, Nick! I was lucky enough to have a cuddle with Smoky when Animals Anonymous came to one of my Zoology lectures 😄So fun to learn about our lesser known natives! ♥️
OMG he's gorgeous 😍
GateCrasher sure is! Would have loved to bring him home 😂
That is one cool creature! I think he finds your voice so soothing, it makes him fall asleep 😴. We don't have animals like him in the U.K. Shame! 🐰
I absolutely love that you encouraged the kids to stand out and be different in school, completely warmed my heart that you think and live this way 😊
Lori Minick kids are tomorows conservationists, without empowering our kids what chance do our grandkids or their grandkids have!
Wicked Wildlife this is amazing news and I will always watch and spread the word
What an amazing little animal. Imagine the burrowing kangaroo living just like a rabbit
. Amazing
2:16 That"s so cool!
Yay - one of Australia's (regrettably) lesser-known marsupials. I didn't know that they had prehensile tails though!
Teale Britstra what’s especially crazy to me is Tree kangaroos don’t have a prehensile tail yet bettongs do!
What an amazing little guy! Bettongs were some of the first non-famous marsupials Evan and I ever read about as kids, they are some of my favorites for sure. I really loved your message about conservation and education at the end of the video, that idea to engage kids is such a great one, I really respect how well you integrate your calls to action in your videos. Well done Nick!
- Harrison
Brillant great video
There cool got them in my yard
Very neat video! I had no clue this animal existed.
That what we try and fix! Most Australians haven’t heard of them
Never heard of a Bettong before! Smoky is so cute!
So cool! Thanks!
Great video Nick! Had no idea about their prehensile tails, very interesting.
Foozil yeah they are pretty amazing and bizarre
I love your channel! Thank you for all these lovely and funny videos. :)
Marina Ágh thank you for watching them!
And thank you so much for your support on Patreon!
They are so cute keep up your great work mate.
He looks very content in your hands.
Cute creature
That’s it, I’m moving to Australia. Too many sweet, environmentally impactful animals are under-appreciated here in the US.
Was smoky sleeping the whole video? Where did he come from?
Macropods are diprotodonts that constitute the superfamily Macropodoidea, they are only native to New Guinea and Australia, there are four extant families of macropods: Hypsiprymnodontidae (Musky Rat Kangaroo and Fossil Relatives), Potoroidae (Mouse Kangaroos), Sthenuridae (Short-Faced Kangaroos), and Macropodidae (Higher Macropods), Macropodidae contains all extant macropod species except for the musky rat kangaroo, potoroos, bettongs, and banded hare wallaby, the potoroos and bettongs both belong to the family Potoroidae, while both the musky rat kangaroo and banded hare wallaby are the only extant representatives of the families Hypsiprymnodontidae and Sthenuridae respectively.
Hi! I love your videos!
fantastic to hear Carolyn, glad your enjoying them
Just an observation...
If you allow something to be a pet, then the breeding goes into high gear, so that there animals to be sold... yes, a profit for the breeder, but also the supply and demand consideration... so if some of our Aussie "wildlife" was to become family pets, like chinchillas or Pikas, then imagine the breeding numbers... yes, irresponsible owners would dump unwanted pets but... there is always one bad apple amongst the bunch unfortunately...
There is some in Ballina NSW, but irresponsible dog owners will see they won't survive, and the local corrupt council.