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GENUS Potorous

Author:Desmarest, 1804.
Citation:Tabl. Méth Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 24: 20.
Type Species:Didelphis murina Cuvier, 1798 (= Didelphis tridactyla Kerr, 1792).
Comments:Formerly included in Macropodidae.
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Offspring:

SPECIES gilbertii

SPECIES longipes

SPECIES platyops

SPECIES tridactylus

SUBSPECIES tridactylus

SUBSPECIES apicalis

Synonyms:

    Hypsiprymnus Illiger, 1811
    Patoroo Partington, 1839
    Potoroiis Rafinseque, 1815
    Potoroo Berthold, 1827
    Potoroops Matschie, 1916

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