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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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SUBSPECIES tridactylus

SUBSPECIES apicalis

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