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--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
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--> FAMILY Potoroidae
--> GENUS Potorous
SPECIES Potorous tridactylus
Author: | Kerr, 1792. | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1: 198. | Common Name: | Long-nosed Potoroo | Type Locality: | Australia, New South Wales, Sydney. | Distribution: | SE Queensland, coastal New South Wales, NE Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia, Tasmania, and King Isl (Australia). | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as P. t. tridactylus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Endangered on mainland Australia, common in Tasmania. | Comments: | See Kirsch and Calaby (1977:21). |
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