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Potorous
Desmarest, 1804
- potoroos
(mammal)
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Entity:
Potoroini (Tribe)
..Aepyprymnus (Genus) - rufous "rat"-kangaroo
..Bettongia (Genus) - short-nosed "rat"-kangaroos
..‡Caloprymnus (Genus) - desert "rat"-kangaroo
..†Ekaltadeta (Genus)
..†Gumardee (Genus)
..†Milliyowi (Genus)
..†Propleopus (Genus)
..Potorous (Genus) - potoroos
....Potorous gilbertii (Species)
....Potorous longipes (Species) - long-footed potoroo
....‡Potorous platyops (Species) - broad-faced potoroo
....Potorous tridactylus (Species) - long-nosed potoroo
Authorship
Original name
:
Desmarest, 1804:20.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Potoroini
(Tribe)
Gray, 1821
Type, by original designation
:
Potorous murina
(Cuvier, 1798)
Type, by synonymy
:
Potorous tridactylus
(Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Potoroiis
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Potorus
(Genus)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Hypsiprymnus
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Including
:
Potoroops
(Genus)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
potoroes
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
potoroos
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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