Potorous Desmarest 1804

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 58

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scientific name	Potorous Desmarest 1804
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Potorous Desmarest 1804 View in CoL

Potorous Desmarest 1804 View in CoL , 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 .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Diprotodontia
SubOrder	Macropodiformes
Family	Potoroidae

Potorous Desmarest 1804

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

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