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potoroo

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potoroo
a rat kangaroo in the genus Potorous. The most primitive and smallest of the kangaroos, they gallop instead of hopping, are the size of a rat, and one of the species has a long, pointed, ratlike snout. There is also a broad-faced species. Called also kangaroo rat.
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Along the way, Mittelbach, Crewdson, and company commune with wildlife experts and revel in Tasmania's rich ecological diversity, including such unfamiliar animals as the potoroo, the pademelon, and the quoll.
Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger by Science News
A new species of mammal was found in Victoria--a large, big-footed Potoroo, a nocturnal marsupial something like a pint-sized kangaroo, was discovered in high-rainfall open forest areas of eastern Gippsland.
Member milestones: many Australian Conservation Foundation members ... by Habitat Australia
chondrophila in an Australian mammal, Gilbert's Potoroo (33).
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