Potorous Desmarest 1804 (potoroo)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Parent taxon: Potoroinae according to A. Burk et al. 1998
See also Gray 1825, Lundelius and Turnbull 1984, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pocock 1921
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Potorous longipes Potorous platyops Potorous tridactylus
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Australia (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 21 collections including 28 occurrences
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