AnAge entry for Bettongia lesueur

Classification (HAGRID: 02202)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Diprotodontia
                Family: Potoroidae
                    Genus: Bettongia
Species: Bettongia lesueur
Common name: Burrowing bettong

Maximum longevity: Not yet established
Observations: Little is known about the longevity of these animals, though one wild born specimen lived 9.9 years in captivity [0671].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[0978] Jones et al. (2009), PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0522] Fisher et al. (2001), The ecological basis of life history variation in marsupials
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves