Potorous tridactylus (Kerr 1792)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 58

Potorous tridactylus (Kerr 1792)

[Didelphis] tridactyla Kerr 1792 , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, Vol. 1: 198.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.

Vernacular Names: Long-nosed Potoroo.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Potorous tridactylus subsp. tridactylus Kerr 1792

Subspecies Potorous tridactylus subsp. apicalis Gould 1851

Distribution: SE Queensland, coastal New South Wales, NE Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia, Tasmania, and King Isl ( Australia).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as P. t. tridactylus , otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Endangered on mainland Australia, common in Tasmania.

Discussion: See Kirsch and Calaby (1977:21).