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SPECIES Potorous platyops

Author:Gould, 1844.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 103.
Common Name:Broad-faced Potoroo
Type Locality:Australia, Western Australia, Swan River, L. Walyormouring.
Distribution:Formerly SW Western Australia and Kangaroo Isl, South Australia.
Status:IUCN – Extinct.
Comments:Probably extinct (Ride, 1970:199); there are no records after 1875.
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    morgani Finlayson, 1938

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