Common name : Brush bettong, Woylie
Scientific name : Bettongia penicillata
Family : Potoroidae
Native to : Australia
Interesting fact : They have pouches at the side of their cheeks, for storing food.
Conservation status : Critically Endangered
It is a cross between a wallaby and a rat. A marsupial delivers after 21 days. It has a pouch in which its baby stays for 98 days. They are greyish-yellow in colour, with prehensile tails used as limbs to carry bundles of material for nest building. They eat fungi unlike other mammals, along with tubers, seeds and resin.
