Long-nosed Potoroo
Potorous tridactylus
- Near threatened
- Card rarity: Uncommon
- Mammals
The long-nosed potoroo is a small, hopping mammal native to forests and shrubland of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the potoroo and bettong family (Potoroidae), it lives alone and digs at night for fungi, roots, or small insects. It is also a marsupial and carries its young in a pouch. The long-nosed potoroo is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species such as cats or foxes. There are two subspecies: P. t. tridactylus on mainland Australia, and P. t. apicalis on Tasmania, with lighter fur.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Potoroidae
- Genus
- Potorous