Potorous

Potorous tridactylus apicalis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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 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