Desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) (IMAGE)

Flinders University

Desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris)

Caption

The desert bettong, or ngudlukanta, has been listed as extinct since 1994. Photos taken by Hedley Herbert Finlayson who ‘rediscovered’ the ngudlukanta in the 1930s.

Credit

HH Finlayson (The Red Centre: Man and Beast in the Heart of Australia. Angus & Robertson Limited, Sydney, Australia. 2nd Ed. 1936)

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License

Public Domain

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