Potorous

Potorous tridactylus apicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes

Supergroup: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanobionta Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Euteleostomi Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: 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

References

• Potorous in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• 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