Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands] Reference
September 24, 2008 6:06 PM potoroo, australia said. From Wordnik.com. [Solutions for Homosexual Christians] Reference
The potoroo suffered from predation by cats and foxes that were introduced to the area. From Wordnik.com. [This seal was declared extinct in 1892. So what is it doing alive and well today?] Reference
Another creature, a small marsupial called Gilbert's potoroo, was missing for 115 years before it was rediscovered in the south of Western Australia in 1994. From Wordnik.com. [This seal was declared extinct in 1892. So what is it doing alive and well today?] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Tasmanian temperate forests] Reference
The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU). From Wordnik.com. [Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia] Reference
And among those considered critically endangered are the northern hairy-nosed wombat and Gilbert's potoroo. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Varieties of these give rise to further names, such as bettong or potoroo, but even among Australians these are hardly household words. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Renowden took us through an area of unprotected old-growth forest, next to an area of supposedly protected potoroo habitat on nearby Brown Mountain. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
Someone would follow our directions and lay hair tubes in the hope of confirming the potoroo presence that might potentially have saved its forest habitat. From Wordnik.com. [EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed] Reference
As the great continent of Australia became known, it was found that the great mass of its mammalia, from the gigantic kangaroo to the pigmy, mouse-like potoroo, belonged to this singular order. From Wordnik.com. [Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.] Reference
Among those animals considered critically endangered, with less than 120 of each still alive, are the northern hairy-nosed wombat, Gilbert's potoroo, the Lord Howe long-eared bat and the brush-tail bettong. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Ms Wellman said foxes took a huge toll on endangered species along the coast, and were a big problem for shorebirds such as pied oyster catchers and little terns, as well as for mammals such as wallabies and the long-nosed potoroo. From Wordnik.com. [northernstar.com.au: The Northern Star] Reference
Mammals found in this ecoregion include the southern subspecies of spotted tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus), long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus), and the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). From Wordnik.com. [Southeast Australia temperate forests] Reference
A goanna, a potoroo, a bird even. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting the Thylacine] Reference
A potoroo. From Wordnik.com. [I bin to London Zoo again] Reference
Gilbert's potoroo. From Wordnik.com. [This seal was declared extinct in 1892. So what is it doing alive and well today?] Reference
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