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Topic: Potoroidae


  
  World of Nature
Recently, scientists have separated these species into two families (the Macropodidae and the Potoroidae) which together form a super-family known as the Macropodoidea (or macropods).
The family Potoroidae is made up of potoroos, rat-kangaroos and bettongs which are only found in Australia.
The best-known macropods are kangaroos, which is why the word 'kangaroo' is often used to describe any of the members of this family.
www.irinasworld.com /nature2.html   (2394 words)

  
 Gilbert's Potoroo - Biology and Ecology
Potoroos belong to a small family called the Potoroidae (rat-kangaroos), within the large superfamily Macropodoidea.
The rat-kangaroos are small marsupials which hop on their hindfeet, dig for much of their food with well-developed forefeet, and have a complex stomach that allows them to extract nutrition very efficiently from their diet.
The Potoroidae contains several small genera, including Bettongia, (the bettongs, such as the burrowing bettong and the brush-tailed bettong) and Potorous, containing the potoroos.
www.potoroo.org /ecology.html   (1318 words)

  
 Rat-Kangaroos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Potoroidae being separated from the Macropodidae on the
These families have been separate for at least 50 million
Within the Potoroidae there is one group: the Po-
www.theanimalencyclopedia.com /pg_0347.htm   (107 words)

  
 Kangaroo Lore
The large kangaroos include red kangaroos, blue kangaroos, gray kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, and quokka; they belong in the family Macropodidae.
The largest kangaroos are the blue kangaroo, gray kangaroo and red kangaroo, which can stand up to 2 m (6.5 ft) tall and weigh up to 85 kg (187 lb).
The red kangaroo is classified as Macropus rufus; the blue kangaroo is classified as Macropus technophilus; the two species of gray kangaroo are classified as Macropus giganteus and Macropus fuliginosus.
www.blue-kangaroo.biz /roo.htm   (686 words)

  
 Australian Wildlife Conservancy :: Threatened Wildlife List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Burrowing Bettong or Boodie is one of the rat-kangaroos and a member of the Family Potoroidae.
They are characterised by a short blunt head, with small rounded and erect ears.
On Barrow Island, reproductive output is seasonally opposite to Shark Bay and there appears to be a peak in breeding in summer coinciding with cyclonic rain.
www.australianwildlife.org /threatenedwildlifelist.asp?WID=611   (568 words)

  
 ADW: Potoroidae: Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The potoroids are a family of diprotodont marsupials believed to be closely allied with the kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae) and sometimes grouped as a subfamily within that family.
The Potoroidae includes 9 species placed in 5 genera.
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /site/accounts/information/Potoroidae.html   (508 words)

  
 Threatened Species - Brush-tailed Bettong
The Brush-tailed Bettong, Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837, is grouped with potoroos and other bettongs into the family Potoroidae within the super family Macropodoidea (Strahan 1995).
The species formerly ranged across southern Australia, where it occurred in suitable habitat from southwest Western Australia, through to the Mt Lofty Ranges in South Australia and eastward to the Great Dividing Range.
Plan of Management for the Brush-tailed Bettong, Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 (Marsupialia, Potoroidae) in South Australia.
www.environment.sa.gov.au /biodiversity/bettong.html   (1089 words)

  
 CSIRO PUBLISHING - Australian Journal of Zoology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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Chromosome morphology in Gilbert's potoroo, Potorous gilbertii (Marsupialia : Potoroidae)
platyops or sequencing of multiple gene regions for phylogenetic analysis within the Potoroidae would provide valuable information for resolving the issue of rooting, and hence drawing conclusions on the evolution of karyotypes within this group.
www.publish.csiro.au /nid/90/paper/ZO99049.htm   (168 words)

  
 Potoroidae - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
We found no English translation for 'Potoroidae' in our French to English Dictionary.
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 Welcome to Kentucky Down Under   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
They were found in Southern Australia and in south Western Australia.
Family: Potoroidae (New South Wales term, potoroo "kangaroo rat")
Left: The dark blue area indicates where these animals exist today.
www.kdu.com /bettong.php   (138 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Family Potoroidae Potorous": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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14 64 8 Spilocuscus maculatus 4250 0.240 174 1.98 59 24 Family Potoroidae Potorous tridactylus 1035 0.455 231 2.63 79 25 Bettongia penicillata 1070 0.
Key Phrases in this book: New South Wales, New Guinea, South America, Rottnest Island, West End, Snowy Mountains, North America, Lakes Area, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Abrolhos Islands, Barrow Island (See more)
www.amazon.com /phrase/Family-Potoroidae-Potorous   (92 words)

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