Potorous gilbertii

(J. Gould, 1841)

Gilbert's Potoroo

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Potoroidae
Subfamily : Potoroinae
Tribe : Potoroini
Genus : Potorous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gould, J. 1841. Monograph of the Macropodidæ, or Family of Kangaroos. Part I. Published by the author, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62575981

Original name as described

Hypsiprymnus gilbertii

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1152, BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.4.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44907293-2392-4100-9785-844db2f33ade https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ede41f2-3217-4574-84dd-601e0917df80 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1b33cc0-3c5e-4030-9e77-5e2c7b178d30 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1090c17-2a1e-48df-a1b9-7e9ffa3ec55b

Type locality

"King George's Sound," south-western Western Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

the genus Potorous was recently split into three distinct genera (Potorous, Potoroops, and the recently described Rossignolius); the new generic taxon and arrangment was put forth by R. T. Hoser, who's names are currently under scrutiny and should be tested by further studies before use

Taxonomy notes citation

Hoser, R. T. (2020). Small, easily overlooked and in decline. Potoroos in Eastern Australia. A formal division of the genus Potorous Desmarest, 1804 (Marsupialia Potoroidae) and the description of a new species from south-east Queensland. Australasian Journal of Herpetology, 42, 31-37.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000327

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hypsiprymnus micropus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1841)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

micropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18064778

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Hypsiprymnus gilbertii

(J. Gould, 1841)

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

gilbertii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1152, BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.4.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44907293-2392-4100-9785-844db2f33ade https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7ede41f2-3217-4574-84dd-601e0917df80 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1b33cc0-3c5e-4030-9e77-5e2c7b178d30 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1090c17-2a1e-48df-a1b9-7e9ffa3ec55b

Authority page

pl. 15 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62575981

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gould (1841:@pl. 15 unnumbered p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62575981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68502)
  2. Murray (1866:364, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Potorous gilberti

J. D. Ogilby, 1892

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

gilberti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938502

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

Ogilby (1892:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)

Potorous gilbertii

Groves, 2005

Family

Potoroidae

Root name

gilbertii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18107/21960726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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