bettong

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bettong
    n 1: short-nosed rat kangaroo

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bettong \Bet"tong\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
   A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus
   {Bettongia}; the jerboa kangaroo.
   [1913 Webster]