Australian English name for the brush-tailed bettong, Bettongia penicillata, a small marsupial once widespread across southern Australia but now critically endangered. The name comes from Noongar language. The woylie has been the focus of conservation efforts in Western Australia.
The wildlife ranger was cautiously optimistic that the woylie numbers in the reserve were finally stabilising.
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(Australia) A species of bettong, .
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