Brushtailed Bettong or Woylie: Morphology

Bettongia penicillata

Skull and Teeth

The skull and jaw are long but not as attenuated as a bandicoot and the skull is broad behind. Well developed, stout incisors and upper canines (lower canines absent). There is a gap in the upper jaw between the canine and premolars.The first premolars have a serrated crest.

Teeth formula: I 3/1; C 1/0; PM 2/2; M 4/4.

Body Shape and Size

Dumpy, pale brown animals about 30 to nearly 40 centimetres with short fore legs, long hind legs and a long bushy , black tipped tail.

Comparison with other animals

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