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Potoroidae

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The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. [1]

38 relations: Animal, Bettong, Boodie, Broad-faced potoroo, Canine tooth, Chordate, Desert rat-kangaroo, Diastema, Diprotodontia, Eastern bettong, Ekaltadeta, Fungus, Genus, Gilbert's potoroo, Herbivore, Incisor, John Edward Gray, Kangaroo, Long-footed potoroo, Long-nosed potoroo, Macropodidae, Macropodiformes, Mammal, Marsupial, Molar (tooth), Northern bettong, Nullarbor dwarf bettong, Potoroidae, Potoroo, Propleopus, Queensland, Rabbit, Rodent, Rufous rat-kangaroo, Sclerophyll, Tasmania, Wallaby, Woylie.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Bettong

The bettongs are species of the genus Bettongia, sometimes referred to as rat-kangaroos.

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Boodie

The boodie (Bettongia lesueur), also known as the burrowing bettong, is a small marsupial.

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Broad-faced potoroo

The broad-faced potoroo (Potorous platyops) is an extinct species of marsupial that once lived in Australia.

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Canine tooth

In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dog teeth, fangs, or (in the case of those of the upper jaw) eye teeth, are relatively long, pointed teeth.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Desert rat-kangaroo

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), also called the buff-nosed rat-kangaroo, plains rat-kangaroo or oolacunta,Tony Robinson & Tiana Forrest (2012) The South Australian Naturalist, 86(2) Jul-Dec 2012.

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Diastema

A diastema (plural diastemata) is a space or gap between two teeth.

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Diprotodontia

The Diprotodontia (διπρωτός diprotos, meaning "two front" and οδοντος odontos meaning "teeth") are an order of about 125 species of marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.

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Eastern bettong

The eastern bettong (Bettongia gaimardi), also known as the Balbo (by the Ngunnawal People who used to keep them as pets), southern bettong and Tasmanian bettong, is a bettong whose natural range includes southeastern Australia and eastern Tasmania.

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Ekaltadeta

Ekaltadeta is an extinct genus of giant marsupials related to modern rat-kangaroos.

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Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gilbert's potoroo

Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii), sometimes called the "rat-kangaroo" or "garlgyte", is Australia's most endangered marsupial and one of the world's most endangered mammals.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Kangaroo

The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").

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Long-footed potoroo

The long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) is a species of potoroo found in southeastern Australia, in a small area around the coastal border between New South Wales and Victoria.

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Long-nosed potoroo

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is a species of potoroo.

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Macropodidae

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, the kangaroo family, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others.

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Macropodiformes

The Macropodiformes are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Marsupial

Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia.

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Northern bettong

The northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) is a small potoroid marsupial which is restricted to some areas of mixed open Eucalyptus woodlands and Allocasuarina forests bordering rainforests in far northeastern Queensland, Australia.

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Nullarbor dwarf bettong

The Nullarbor dwarf bettong (Bettongia pusilla) was a species of bettong endemic to the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia.

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Potoroidae

The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos.

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Potoroo

A potoroo is a kangaroo-like marsupial about the size of a rabbit.

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Propleopus

Propleopus is an extinct genus of marsupials.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha (along with the hare and the pika).

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Rufous rat-kangaroo

The rufous rat-kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens), more commonly known as the rufous bettong, is a small marsupial species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia.

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Sclerophyll

Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that has hard leaves, short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem) and leaf orientation parallel or oblique to direct sunlight.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Wallaby

A wallaby is a small- or mid-sized macropod found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

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Woylie

The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is an extremely rare, small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia.

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Potaroo, Potoridae, Potoroid, Potoroinae, Rat Kangaroo, Rat kangaroos, Rat-Kangaroo, Rat-kangaroo.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoroidae

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