Potorous

Potorous tridactylus apicalis

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Macropodiformes
Familia: Potoroidae
Genus: Potorous
Species: P. gilbertii – P. longipes – †P. platyops – P. tridactylus

Name

Potorous Desmarest, 1804

Type species: Didelphis murina Cuvier, 1798

Synonyms

• Hypsiprymnus Illiger, 1811
• Patoroo Partington, 1839
• Potoroiis Rafinesque, 1815
• Potoroo Berthold, 1827
• Potoroops Matschie, 1916

Vernacular names

• * ==References==
• Potorous in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Tabl. Méth. Hist. Nat., In Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 24: 20.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214