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Brush-Tailed Bettong

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5/5/13 Small Mammal House
Nice species! :D Good to see something a bit more unusual appearing in one of Americas top zoos.
 
I believe there was one in the Australian Nocturnal House at the Columbus Zoo, but it was hard to spot. I was glad to see this one.
 
This species was quite a regular sight in the UK not too long ago, but then almost overnight the hitherto-unusual Long-nosed Potoroo spread hugely and the bettongs declined. I think bettongs still have slight edge across Europe as a whole though.

Great shot.
 
The WCS's Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn, New York has three or four of these guys in a nocturnal exhibits. It's kind of hard to see them, though, so I couldn't get a photo. The weird thing is they share an exhibit with a Kinkajou (still nice to see two long anticipated life ticks at once:D). Unfortunately, one was stereotyping badly but there was a worker there studying the stereotyping and working to solve it so hopefully it'll better in the future.

Excellent pic!:)

~Thylo:cool:
 

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