Back كنغر الفئران الحمراء ARZ Bisovol (Aepyprymnus rufescens) AVK اپیپریمنوس روفسنس AZB Рижаво плъховидно кенгуру Bulgarian Cangur rata vermellós Catalan Aepyprymnus rufescens CEB Klokánek rudohnědý Czech Rotes Rattenkänguru German Aepyprymnus rufescens Spanish Aepyprymnus rufescens Basque
| Rufous rat-kangaroo[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Potoroidae |
| Subfamily: | Potoroinae |
| Genus: | Aepyprymnus Garrod, 1875[4] |
| Species: | A. rufescens
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| Aepyprymnus rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1837)[3]
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| Distribution of the rufous rat-kangaroo | |
The rufous rat-kangaroo or rufous bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens) is a small, jumping, rat-like marsupial native to eastern Australia. It is the only species in the genus Aepyprymnus. The largest member of the potoroo/bettong family (Potoroidae), it is about the size of a rabbit. The rufous rat-kangaroo is active at night when it digs for plant roots and fungi, and like other marsupials it carries its young in a pouch. Though its range is reduced, the population is healthy and stable.[2]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Burnett, S.; Winter, J. (2016). "Aepyprymnus rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40558A21961456. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40558A21961456.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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