Potorous longipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Macropodiformes

Familia: Potoroidae
Genus: Potorous
Species: Potorous longipes

Name

Potorous longipes Seebeck & Johnston, 1980: 121

• Holotype: NMV C2029 1 (formerly in Fisheries and Wildlife Division Research Collection specimen number MT 1979), adult ♂, skull, mandible and skin, collected by C.F. Hutchinson on 19 May 1968.
• Type locality: “Princes Highway at Bellbird Creek, 32 km E. of Orbost, Victoria”, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Seebeck, J.H. & Johnston, P.G. 1980. Potorous longipes (Marsupialia: Macropodidae); a new species from eastern Victoria. Australian Journal of Zoology 28(1): 119–134. DOI: 10.1071/zo9800119 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Woinarski, J. & Burbidge, A.A. 2020. IUCN: Potorous longipes  (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18102A166498043. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18102A166498043.en. Accessed on 08 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Long-footed Potoroo