boodie
nounEtymology From Nyunga burdi.
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Australia A species of bettong, Bettongia lesueur.
- However, the boodie, once common over much of southern Australia, is now only found in numbers on offshore islands on the mid-west coast. Boodies are sociable animals and since they dig burrows, considerable warrens can be formed.1968, Vincent Serventy, Wildlife of Australia, page 34:
- The bettongs live in moderately dry country and with the exception of the Boodie, which digs burrows, all make nests of grass on the ground.1985, Australia's Amazing Wildlife, page 304:
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- The work on Boodie Island was the first attempt in Australia to eradicate black rats in the presence of a threatened, non-target mammal.[…]It is likely that as many as 200-300 boodies now inhabit the island.2002, C. R. Veitch, Michael Norman Clout, editors, Turning the Tide: the Eradication of Invasive Species: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Eradication of Island Invasives, page 224:
- Synonyms
- burrowing bettong, Lesueur's rat-kangaroo