Gilbert’s Potoroo

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Details

Name:
Gilbert’s Potoroo

Scientific Name:
Potorous gilbertii

Reference Number:
KO-154

Description

Order Diprotodontia; Family Potoroidae; Scientific name: Potorous gilbertii; Common name: Gilbert’s Potoroo; Alternative Common name: Gilbert Potoroo - Distribution in Australia: Western Australian endemic with an extremely small range within Two People's Bay Nature Reserve, east of Albany – Conservation status: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED; indeed it is the rarest Australian mammal, which was thought to be extinct untill its rediscovery in 1994.

Additional Details

Reference Number:	KO-154
Scientific Name:	Potorous gilbertii