Subspecies Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus (McCoy, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypsiprymnus trisulcatus McCoy, F. 1865. [Note]. Geological Survey of Victoria Quarter Sheet 7NW.

  Type data:

   Neotype NMV P 17633 skull fragment, Toolern Creek cave deposit near Gisborne, Victoria.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Frankham, G.J., Handasyde, K.A. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2012. Novel insights into the phylogenetic relationships of the endangered marsupial genus Potorous. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 592–602 [600] (original type "a specimen collected from a Holocene cave deposit near Gisborne, Victoria (Mahoney, 1964)" lost).

  Secondary source:

   Mahoney, J.A. 1964. The taxonomic status of Dasyurus affinis McCoy [1865] (Dasyuridae) and Hypsiprymnus trisulcatus McCoy [1865] (Macropodidae), two marsupials from a Holocene cave deposit near Gisborne, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 77: 252-533.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, coastal, crepuscular, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, predator, root-feeder, sedentary, solitary, tall open forest, terrestrial.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		07-May-2013	ADDED