Potorous

The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).

Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is widespread on Tasmania, whereas the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is restricted to dry sclerophyll forest in eastern Tasmania, and the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) prefers dry sclerophyll forest as well.

Tasmanian temperate forests 2008

Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Australia.

Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands 2007

Potorous tridactylus, a species of rat kangaroo prevalent in Australia.

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Potorous tridactylus, a species of rat kangaroo prevalent in Australia.

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Potorous tridactylus, a species of rat kangaroo prevalent in Australia.

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Potorous tridactylus, a species of rat kangaroo prevalent in Australia.

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Mammals found in this ecoregion include the southern subspecies of spotted tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus), long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus), and the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).

Southeast Australia temperate forests 2007

Besides this species, four other threatened mammals are endemic to the hotspot, including the most threatened species in the hotspot, Gilbert’s potoroo (Potorous gilberti, CR), thought to be extinct until its rediscovery in the Two People’s Bay Nature Reserve in 1994, which is still the only place from which it is known to survive.

Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

Potorous tridactylus), a long-nosed, marsupial that is fairly common in Australia.

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