The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is a small, critically endangered mammal native to forests and shrubland of Australia. A member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroidae), …

The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is an extremely rare, small marsupial, belonging to the genus Bettongia, that is endemic to Australia. There are two subspecies: B. p. …

Dec 3, 2018 · A woylie’s diet consists of an array of roots, legume pods, tubers, bulbs, seeds, insects and carrion. But the bulk of their nutrients come from underground fungi - truffles - …

Feb 1, 2004 · The woylie Bettongia penicillata is a small (1 kg) kangaroo-like marsupial that digs to obtain the fruiting bodies of fungi. The number of woylies in a 60 ha area of sclerophyll …

Jan 18, 2022 · Looking for Numbat digs in a she-oak grove on Saturday the first survey day, I flushed a Woylie from a nearby shrub, closer inspection revealed a scrape underneath the …

Jul 26, 2024 · As with the Potoroos and other Bettongia species, the woylie has a largely fungivorous diet and will dig for a wide variety of their fruiting bodies. Although it may eat …

Jun 8, 2023 · Woylie diggings are important for aerating and turning over the soil. Credit: Chloe Frick. As marsupials, woylies birth a small, unfurred young into their pouch, where it develops …

Feb 25, 2025 · The woylie’s active digging is beneficial to its habitat. By digging holes, it helps water in seeping into the ground, and the spores of the fungi it consumes pass undamaged …

Mar 14, 2023 · Woylies are a small, nocturnal, kangaroo-like marsupial with a long tail with a black brushy tip to it. The tail is prehensile meaning they can use it like an extra limb to pick up and …

Woylies’ strongly clawed forefeet are perfectly adapted to dig for their subterranean diet. Researchers have described the Woylie as an “Ecosystem Engineer”, because they dig up, …