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Related species for the Broad-faced potoroo (Potorous platyops)
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Long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes)
The shy and elusive long-footed potoroo is one of the rarest marsupial mammals in Australia. Potoroos are essentially small kangaroos…
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Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
In the words of Charles Darwin, who dragged a fleeing specimen from its refuge, the long-nosed potoroo “is an animal, as big as a rabbit…
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Gilbert’s potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)
Information on the Gilbert’s potoroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur)
The burrowing bettong is a marsupial and the only burrowing member of the kangaroo family though, as its other common name, the Lesueur’s…
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Desert rat kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris)
Information on the desert rat kangaroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi)
The Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is a small, compact marsupial which resembles a slender, delicate kangaroo in appearance. Its…
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Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
As its name suggests, the most distinctive feature of the highly threatened brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is the black crest…
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Northern bettong (Bettongia tropica)
While this small, compact marsupial belongs to the kangaroo family, at first glance it appears similar to a rat, as its alternative common…
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Black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis)
The colouration of the shy, wary black-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) helps it to blend in with the background of…
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Leadbeater’s possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)
Thought to be extinct after disastrous fires in 1939, Leadbeater’s possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) was only rediscovered in 1961 in…
