POTOROIDAE, Gray, 1821

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Potoroidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 600-628 : 600

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6658032
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6612113
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scientific name	POTOROIDAE
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Family POTOROIDAE View in CoL

(BETTONGS AND POTOROOS)

• Small to medium-sized, long-tailed marsupials with short forelimbs and long hindlimbs, pelage mostly gray or brownish, often with some rufous tones.

• 55-83 cm. View Figure

• Australiasian Region. View Figure

• Forest and woodland with a dense understory of grass or shrubs, or dense heath and shrublands.

• 3 genera, 8 species, at least 10 extant taxa.

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 2 species Endangered; 2 subspecies and 2 species Extinct since 1600.