Australian Wildlife | Mammals-Bettongs, Potoroos | Gilbert's Potoroo

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  Scientific Name :Potorous gilbertii
  Reference Number : KO-226
  Common Name : Gilbert's Potoroo
  Description :

Order Diprotodontia; Family Potoroidae - Long claws are used in digging for underground fungi, its main food source - Distribution in Australia: Western Australian endemic with an extremely small range within Two People's Bay Nature Reserve, east of Albany - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; indeed it is the rarest Australian mammal, which was thought to be extinct untill its rediscovery in 1994