Potoroo

Potoroo

Taxobox
name = PotoroosMSW3 Groves | pages = 58]


image_caption = "Potorous platyops"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Potoroidae
subfamilia = Potoroinae
genus = "Potorous"
genus_authority = Desmarest, 1804
type_species = "Didelphis murina"
type_species_authority = Cuvier, 1798 (="Didelphis tridactlya" Kerr, 1792)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"P. gilbertii"
*"P. longipes"
*"†P. platyops"
*"P. tridactylus"
A potoroo is any member of the genus "Potorous".

Classification

* SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
** Family Potoroidae
*** Subfamily Potoroinae
**** Genus "Potorous"
***** Gilbert's Potoroo, "Potorous gilbertii"
***** Long-footed Potoroo, "Potorous longipes"
***** †Broad-faced Potoroo, "Potorous platyops"
***** Long-nosed Potoroo, "Potorous tridactylus"

References

External links

*http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=66645
*http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Potorous.html
*http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/longlive.htm


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  • Potoroo — Po to*roo , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small kangaroo belonging to {Hypsiprymnus}, {Bettongia}, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also {kangaroo rat}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • potoroo — kangaroo rat kangaroo rat n. (Zool.) A jumping rodent of the genus {Dipodomys} of the family {Heteromyidae}, which lives in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. [PJC] 2. (Zool.) An Australian mammal of the genus {Notomys}. [PJC] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Potoroo à long nez — Potorous tridactylus Potoroo à long nez …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Potoroo de Gilbert — Potorous gilbertii Potoroo de Gilbert …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Potoroo — Potorous Potorous …   Wikipédia en Français

  • potoroo — /poh teuh rooh /, n., pl. potoroos. any of several small, ratlike kangaroos of the genus Potorous, of Australia. [1790; perh. < Dharuk] * * * …   Universalium

  • potoroo — noun Any of several rat kangaroos, of the genus Potorous, from Australia and Tasmania …   Wiktionary

  • potoroo — [ˌpɒtə ru:] noun a small nocturnal rat kangaroo with long hindlimbs and typically a hopping gait, native to Australia. [Genus Potorous: three species.] Origin C18: prob. from Dharuk badaru …   English new terms dictionary

  • potoroo — po·to·roo …   English syllables

  • potoroo — /pɒtəˈru / (say potuh rooh) noun any of several species of small macropods of the genus Potorous, having pointed heads and living in dense grass and low, thick scrub in various parts of Australia. {Australian Aboriginal; ? Dharug badaru} …  

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