Potorous platyops

(J. Gould, 1844)

Broad-faced Potoroo

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gould, J. 1844-10. Mr. Gould laid upon the table a number of Skins of Animals and Birds, being part of a large collection which Mr. Gilbert had lately forwarded to him from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844:103-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862397

Original name as described

Hypsiprymnus platyops

Other common names

Broad-faced Rat-kangaroo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.9.30.4, BMNH:Mamm:1846.4.25.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/207fbdf2-7c82-406c-9f8a-994d1f5b6937 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3a7f99f5-0a0a-4a3b-aff0-37a39cf089a1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d5679bb-dead-4ff1-a680-0c7682b9b7b8 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f353bc3d-8da2-42b0-9fb0-d1e21b2539be

Type locality

Walyema Swamps (= Lake Walyormouring), Western Australia, 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