different between woylie vs bettong

English

Etymology

From Nyunga walyu.

Noun

woylie (plural woylies)

1. (Australia) A species of bettong, Bettongia penicillata.
   • 1996, Rees Barrett, Peter Dent, Place, Patter and Process, page 89,

     Woylies are sometimes referred to as brush-tailed rat kangaroos. This alternative name is an apt description of these small marsupials.

   • 2007, The Bulletin, Issues 6559-6566, page 27,

     It's a whodunit involving the woylie, the marsupial poster-child for recovery programs involving endangered animals.

   • 2009, Tim Winton, Silent Country: Travels Through a Recovering Landscape, Robyn Davidson (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2009, page 16,

     ‘Like a woylie,’ said John Dell, ‘Closely related.’

     Ah. Of course. Even I'd heard of the woylie. But like most of my countrymen, I couldn't have described one for love nor money.

     The woylie belongs to the great treasury of marsupials that we revere and know nothing about. As I learnt that day, the boodie and the woylie are different species of bettong.

Synonyms

• brush-tailed bettong

References

• woylie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Recorded in English since 1830–40; from the aboriginal language Dharug badang.

Noun

bettong (plural bettongs)

1. Any marsupial of the genus Bettongia, closely related to kangaroos.

   Bettongs rather resemble rats, having short noses, short, rounded ears, long hind feet and a naked muzzle tip

Derived terms

See also

• boodie
• potoroo
• rat-kangaroo
• woylie