What's the difference between bettong and potoroo?
Bettong
Definition:
(n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo.
Example Sentences:
(1) Testosterone was also measured during maturation of male bettongs.
(2) Six new species of Klossiella are described in the kidneys of Australian marsupials: Klossiella rufogrisei in Bennett's Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus; Klossiella rufi in the Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus; Klossiella thylogale in the Red-Bellied or Tasmanian Pademelon, Thylogale billardierii; Klossiella beveridgei in the Spectacled Hare-Wallaby, Lagorchestes conspicillatus; Klossiella bettongiae in the Tasmanian Bettong, Bettongia gaimardi; and Klossiella schoinobatis in the petaurid Greater Glider, Petauroides volans.
(3) Segregation of visual input increases progressively in the remaining polyprotodont (eastern quoll) and in the diprotodonts (Tasmanian bettong, Tasmanian potoroo and brush-tailed possum), culminating in the last-named, in which segregation is most complete.
(4) Female brush-tailed bettongs (Bettongia penicillata) housed in a breeding group of one male and one to three females had an average gestation period of 21.2 days (n = 58) and parturition was followed within 24 h by oestrus and mating.
(5) The Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is a small macropodid marsupial that is a continuous breeder.
(6) The brush-tailed bettongs seen by Gould are also confined today to the far south-west, where they also languish as an endangered species.
(7) Fasting and fed metabolic rates were measured in three species of potoroine marsupials, the rufous rat-kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens), the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) and the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata).
(8) We deduce, then, that lactation had no effect on corpus luteum function (as assessed by plasma progesterone levels) in the pregnant bettong.
(9) The faster relative growth rate of the bettong may be correlated with the increased protein and a higher milk intake.
(10) Traill told Guardian Australia that animals such as bilbies, the burrowing bettong and the Rufous hare wallaby have been wiped out in areas of central and northern Australia as people move away from remote areas.
(11) Bacteriophages were observed in forestomach contents from three species of Australian macropodoid marsupials possessing a foregut fermentative digestion: the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), the eastern wallaroo (Macropus robustus robustus), and the rufous bettong (Aepyprymnus rufescens).
(12) We conclude that brush-tailed bettongs are induced ovulators, a characteristic described for only one other marsupial, Monodelphis domestica, from South America.
(13) The fetus of the marsupial Bettongia gaimardi, the Tasmanian bettong, has both morphological and cytological effects upon the gravid uterus.
(14) Female brush-tailed bettongs, Bettongia penicillata, were housed with either an intact or vasectomized male or isolated from males in the peripartum period.
(15) The Australian natives that were studied were all marsupials: greater brown bandicoot; bettong; eastern grey kangaroo; red kangaroo; koala; possum; red necked pademelon; Tammar wallaby; and wombat.
(16) Although protein content was consistently higher in bettong milk, lactational trends in both species are similar to those reported for other marsupials.
(17) The greatest diversity of phage types was found in forestomach contents of the wallaroo, and few phage types were recorded from the rufous bettongs.
(18) Plasma progesterone levels were measured in female bettongs (small macropodid marsupials) under two natural regimes: (1) during "delayed" gestation (initiated by removal of pouch young, RPY) and (2) during the pregnancy prior to pouch vacation when a young still occupies the pouch (i.e., during lactation).
Potoroo
Definition:
(n.) Any small kangaroo belonging to Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat.
Example Sentences:
(1) Milk samples from captive potoroos were analysed for composition during weeks 3-25 of the lactation period.
(2) They were Red and Grey Kangaroos, Wallaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Brush-tailed possum, Potoroo, and Brown Marsupial Mouse.
(3) By use of a barometric technique, tidal volume (VT), minute volume (VE), respiratory frequency (f), and respiratory evaporative heat loss (Eex) were measured from conscious unrestrained potoroos (Potorous tridactylus), barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii), and New Zealand white rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) at temperatures in and above the thermoneutral zone (TNZ).
(4) were observed in the kidneys of the potoroo, Potorous apicalis.
(5) VT initially decreased with rising Ta, but in the potoroo and rabbit it then increased past the resting level.
(6) Proteins having similar MWs and isoelectric points as the human or monkey (primates) proteins were not observed in cultured cells of the following species: aves, bat, dog, dolphin, goat, hamster, mink, mouse, pisces, potoroo, rabbit and rat.
(7) It is suggested that the CL of the potoroo is required for a slightly greater proportion of pregnancy than in most larger kangaroos because the birth canal must be prepared before each parturition.
(8) Segregation of visual input increases progressively in the remaining polyprotodont (eastern quoll) and in the diprotodonts (Tasmanian bettong, Tasmanian potoroo and brush-tailed possum), culminating in the last-named, in which segregation is most complete.
(9) Fasting and fed metabolic rates were measured in three species of potoroine marsupials, the rufous rat-kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens), the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) and the brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata).
(10) The cells used were: OFL (ovine fetal lung), ML (mink lung), FK (ferret kidney), PTK-2 (potoroo kidney), TEK (turkey embryo kidney), ED (equine dermal), BT (bovine turbinate), and PK15 (porcine kidney).
(11) Thus, trends in milk composition previously observed in Macropus species were observed also in the potoroo, suggesting a consistent pattern across the macropodid family.
(12) The growth cycle of the corpus luteum (CL) of the potoroo is similar to that of other macropodids.
(13) Carbohydrate levels in potoroo milk tend to be higher than in other macropodids, but total milk intake is as important as composition in determining growth rates.
(14) This study presents the precise localization of mitotin in cytoplasmic structures in two cell types, the potoroo rat kangaroo PtK2 cell and the human lung cancer EPLC 65 cell.
(15) In the light of our findings on the American opossum we have examined a large collection of brush-tailed possum material (as well as some from the potoroo and Tasmanian native cat) and have been able to extend our previous findings (Martin et al.