Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus), Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Jarrah-Karri forest and shrublands] 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
Potorous tridactylus, a species of rat kangaroo prevalent in Australia. From Wordnik.com. 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
Potorous tridactylus), a long-nosed, marsupial that is fairly common in Australia. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Potorous tridactylus) and grown in culture, are often used to visualize mitosis in the microscope because they contain only a few large chromosomes and the cells remain relatively flat throughout all of the division stages. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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