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Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Taxonomy

Didelphis tridactyla was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Potorous tridactylus by Bargo et al. (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. apicalis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1792	Didelphis tridactyla Kerr
2000	Potorous tridactylus Bargo et al. p. 610

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Diprotodontia	Owen 1866
family	Potoroidae	()
genus	Potorous	Desmarest 1804
species	tridactylus	(Kerr 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Potorous tridactylus Kerr 1792 [long-nosed potoroo]

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Body mass estimates

estimate	equation	reference
3.16 kg	Mammalia femur diameter	Gingerich 1990
946.7 g	Mammalia humerus diameter	Gingerich 1990
mean: 1.73 kg

Measurements

part	N	mean
femur diameter	1	7.70
humerus diameter	1	4.80
radius diameter	1	3.50

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

saltatorialg

Diet:

herbivoref

Diet 2:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2012-05-15 14:35:19

Modified:

2012-05-14 23:35:19

Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Australia (South Australia)	Potorous tridactylus (28298 136076 136159)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Australia (Victoria)	Potorous tridactylus (136221)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	Australia (South Australia)	Potorous tridactylus (182920 183262 183263)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	Australia (Queensland)	Potorous tridactylus (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Australia (New South Wales)	Potorous tridactylus (181897)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Australia (New South Wales)	Potorous tridactylus (235090)