Potoroidae

marsupial family

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marsupial classification

  • red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
    In marsupial: Classification

    Family Potoroidae (rat kangaroos, potoroos, and bettongs)10 or so species in 4 genera. Similar to the macropodids but smaller, shorter-footed, and living mainly in undergrowth. Includes potoroos (Potorous) and bettongs (Bettongia). Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums)

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rat kangaroos

  • long-nosed potoroo
    In rat kangaroo

    …Tasmanian marsupials constituting the families Potoroidae and Hypsiprymnodontidae, related to the kangaroo family, Macropodidae. Other potoroids are known only as fossils; the Potoroidae were already separated from the Macropodidae by the late Oligocene Epoch, some 25 million years ago.

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