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Long-nosed potoroo

Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Potoroidae
Species : Potorous tridactylus

 

The Long-nosed potoroo is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the long-nosed potoroo

Long-nosed Potoroo The long-nosed potoroo is a marsupial native to Australia and Tasmania.

The Long Nosed Potoroo is one of several species of small marsupials that have suffered greatly from the introduction of a non-native animal, the fox.

The Long-nosed Potoroo is a ground dwelling non-macropod.

The long-nosed potoroo is more common than his relatives and can be found in Tasmania, SA, Victoria, NSW and QLD.

Geographic Range Potorous tridactylus is widely distributed in southeastern Australia and Tasmania and can be found in coastal New South Wales, southeastern Queensland, coastal, near-coastal, and northeastern areas of Victoria, and the southwestern corner of Western Australia (Census of Australian Vertebrate Species 1995 http://www. (Full text)

Long-nosed potoroos are sedentary creatures who live relatively solitary existences except during periods of mating or when they have young at foot (Menkhorst 1995, Strahan 1995). (Full text)

Chromosome ordering in nuclei of Potorous tridactylus is related to their size and centromere position. (Full text)

Red-legged pademelons (Thylogale stigmatica) and long-nosed potoroos are also found in the rainforest, but are less common. (Full text)

Long-nosed Potoroo Skull - The long-nosed potoroo is a marsupial native to Australia and Tasmania. (Full text)

The long-nosed potoroo is Australia's most ancient kangaroo. (Full text)

The long-nosed potoroo is still very common in suitable habitat in Tasmania, but on the east coast of the mainland its range has been considerably reduced to small patchy populations The two biggest threats by far to this animal's (Full text)

The Long-nosed Potoroo is the smallest Victorian member of the Kangaroo family. (Full text)

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is widespread on Tasmania, whereas the Tasmanian bettong (Bettongia gaimardi) is restricted to dry sclerophyll forest in eastern Tasmania, and the little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) prefers dry sclerophyll forest as well. (Full text)

Long-nosed Potoroos are generally restricted to areas with an annual rainfall greater than 760 mm where they inhabit dry and wet sclerophyll forests and woodland with a heathy understorey with the preferred habitat in north eastern NSW being dry and wet open shubland (Mason 1997, Johnston 2000, Milledge, pers. (Full text)

The Long-nosed Potoroo is a medium-size potoroid about 38cm tall and weighs up to 1. (Full text)

1. long -- (a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long")
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