long-nosed potoroo

marsupial
Also known as: Potorous tridactylus

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distribution

  • long-nosed potoroo
    In rat kangaroo

    The long-nosed potoroo (P. tridactylus) lives in the underbrush of forests in Tasmania and on the eastern mainland from the border between South Australia and Victoria to southern Queensland. A closely related species, Gilbert’s potoroo (P. gilbertii), of southwestern Australia, was long thought to be extinct,…

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