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Potoroidae (bettongs, potoroos, and rat kangaroos)

Synonyms: Potoroinae

Wikipedia Abstract

The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby.
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Genus

Aepyprymnus (rufous bettong) (1)
Bettongia (bettongs) (9)   (2)
Borungaboodie (1)
Bulungamaya (1)
Caloprymnus (desert rat-kangaroo) (1)
Ekaltadeta (3)
Ganguroo (3)
Gumardee (5)
Palaeopotorous (1)
Potorous (potoroos) (6)   (1)
Propleopus (3)
Purtia (1)
Wabularoo (2)
Wakiewakie (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0