Bettongs in GURPS

Bettongs are potoroids adapted to arid or semi-arid climates and open areas.

• The boodie Bettongia lesueur, or burrowing bettong, was once the most common macropod-like mammal in the world. It is now restricted to a few islands off Australia and an introduced population at Shark Bay. Preferred habitat is a variety of arid lands from spinifex grasslands to gum and mulga woodlands. Boodie fur is dense, soft, and wooly. Boodies live in large colonies centered around underground warrens consisting of complex networks of interconnected tunnels with multiple entrances, but forage alone.
• The woylie Bettongia penicillata or brush-tailed bettong was once found across most of Australia, but is now restricted to a few small populations in the south-west. Woylies are solitary. Preferred habitat is spinifex grasslands, tussock grassland, arid scrub, sclerophyll forests, and malee woodland.
• Eastern bettongs Bettongia gaimardi once lived in southeast Australia, and today is found only in Tasmania although this population is considered stable. It's typical habitat is dry eucalypt woodland and grassy woodland.
• Northern bettongs Bettongia tropica are found in a few scattered populations in far northeastern Queensland, in gum and sheoak forests.

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