Species Potorous gilbertii (Gould, 1841)

• Hypsiprymnus gilbertii Gould, J. 1841. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. London : J. Gould Part 1. [Unnumbered plates 1-15 and accompanying text] [un-numbered plate].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1841.1152 & 46.4.4.47 skin (1841.1152) ♀ adult & skull (46.4.4.47) (skull (46.4.4.47) in poor condition), King George Sound, WA.
• Hypsiprymnus micropus Waterhouse, G.R. 1841. The natural history of Marsupialia or pouched animals. In, Jardine, W. (ed.). The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Edinburgh & London : W.H. Lizars & H.G. Bohn Vol. 11 xvi 323 pp. [Date published Aug. 1841] [numbered Vol. 30 in The Naturalist's Library in order of issue] [180] [junior objective synonym of Hypsiprymnus gilbertii Gould, 1841; ex Gould ms, see Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1841.1152 & 46.4.4.47 skin (1841.1152) ♀ adult & skull (46.4.4.47) (skull (46.4.4.47) in poor condition), King George Sound, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.

Generic Combinations

• Potorous tridactylus gilberti (Gould, 1841). —
  Calaby, J. 1971. The current status of Australian Macropodidae. Australian Zoologist 16: 17–29 [18]
• Potorous gilbertii (Gould, 1841). —
  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [120] (new combination)
• Hypsiprymnus (Potorous) gilbertii (Gould, 1841). —
  Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia.Volume 1, containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals. London : Baillière 553 pp. 20 pls. [229]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Potorous tridactylus Kerr, 1792 [a misidentification, in part]. —
  Ride, W.D.L. 1970. A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne : Oxford University Press xiv 249 pp. 62 pls. [224] (as a subjective synonym of Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792))

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, closed heath, crepuscular, nocturnal, root-feeder, solitary, terrestrial.

General References

Calaby, J. & Richardson, B.J. 1988. Mammalia. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 5 x, 274 pp. [Date published 13-Apr-88] [59] (as junior synonym of Potorous tridactylus)

Cochrane, J.A., Friend, J.A. & Hill, S.J.E. 2005. Endozoochory and the Australian bluebell: consumption of Billardiera fusiformis (Labill.) Payer (Pittosporaceae) seeds by three mammal species at Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve, Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88: 191-196

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Nguyen, V.P., Needham, A.D. & Friend, J.A. 2004. A quantitative dietary study of the 'Critically Endangered' Gilbert's potoroo Potorous gilberti. Australian Mammalogy 27: 1-6

Sinclair, E.A., Danks, A. & Wayne, A..F. 1996. Rediscovery of Gilbert's potoroo, Potorous tridactylus, in Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 19: 69-72

Sinclair, E.A. & Westerman, M. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Potorous (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) based on allozyme electrophoresis and sequence analysis of the cytochrome b gene. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 4: 147-161

Start, T., Burridge, A., Sinclair, E. & Wayne, A. 1995. Lost & found Gilbert's potoroo. Landscape 10: 28-33

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Gilbert's Potoroo)

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