Potorous Desmarest 1804

Potorous Desmarest 1804, Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Vol. 24: 20.

Type Species: Didelphis murina Cuvier 1798

Synonyms: Hypsiprymnus Illiger 1811; Patoroo Partington 1839; Potoroiis Rafinseque 1815; Potoroo Berthold 1827; Potoroops Matschie 1916 .

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Potorous gilbertii Gould 1841

Species Potorous longipes Seebeck and Johnston 1980

Species Potorous platyops Gould 1844

Species Potorous tridactylus (Kerr 1792)

Subspecies Potorous tridactylus subsp. tridactylus Kerr 1792

Subspecies Potorous tridactylus subsp. apicalis Gould 1851

Discussion: Formerly included in Macropodidae .