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Potorous platyops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Potoroidae
Subfamily:	Potoroinae
Genus:	Potorous Desmarest, 1804
Type species
Didelphis murina Cuvier, 1798 (=Didelphis tridactlya Kerr, 1792)
Species
P. gilbertii P. longipes †P. platyops P. tridactylus

A potoroo is any member genus Potorous.

Classification

SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
- Family Potoroidae
  - Subfamily Potoroinae
    - Genus Potorous
      - Gilbert's Potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
      - Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
      - †Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops
      - Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus

Images for kids

Illustration by Sarah Stone for John White, 1790

See also

In Spanish: Potorous para niños

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