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Eastern Bettong[edit]

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Original - Eastern Bettong (Bettongia gaimardi). The bettongs are species of the genus Bettongia, sometimes referred to as rat-kangaroos. An adult eastern bettong will rarely exceed 2kg in mass.
Reason
Fairly similar rationale to the Bandicoot. The photo was taken at night with flashes. This species went extinct on the Australian mainland thanks to introduced species (cats, rabbits and foxes are the most major). File:Tasmanian Bettong (female).JPG is probably the best of the other available Bettong pictures for all species in the genus, including captivity shots.
Articles in which this image appears
Eastern Bettong, Bettong, Potoroidae, List of monotremes and marsupials
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals
Creator
Noodle snacks
  • Support as nominator --Noodle snacks (talk) 10:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great DOF other than on the tail, which would have been nice to also capture... But other than that small point a very wel taken picture and a cutie to boot! Gazhiley (talk) 10:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Gaz. J Milburn (talk) 11:01, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The lighting in this one makes it a little more clear that it was taken at night. Looks a bit like soft floodlighting at a football ground or something actually. Anyway, again, good capture, you've obviously got a useful set up for nocturnal animals. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:30, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Almost perfect per Gazhiley and its rear foot. --I'ḏ♥One 00:54, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Very nice. The amount of work that must have gone into setting up and staking out this shot sure is impressive. --Dschwen 18:06, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Hanging around at night in a cold, dark reserve in the middle of winter is not my idea of fun, but you have somehow lured this creature to your camera setup and even got him to smile for you! Melburnian (talk) 06:38, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Cute! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:40, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Bettongia gaimardi.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 18:54, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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