Potorous morgani Finlayson, 1938:135

Morgan's potoroo

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Potorous platyops morgani Finlayson, 1938:135

This species has been synonymized with P. platyops (Ride, 1970:224; Calaby & Richardson, 1988:58; Groves, 1993, 2005; Jackson & Groves, 2015:139; Jackson et al., 2024:645; Travouillon et al., 2024, 2025).

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of P. platyops) (Ride, 1970:224; Calaby & Richardson, 1988:58; Groves, 1993, 2005; Jackson & Groves, 2015:139; Jackson et al., 2024:645; Travouillon et al., 2024, 2025)

Last record: Holocene

Distribution & Habitat

Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Type locality: "Kelly's Hill Caves, Kanagroo Is., S.A." (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:58)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Syntypes:

SAMA P168 (adult; partial skull & mandible) (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:58)

SAMA P3413 (adult; partial skull) (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:58)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Finlayson, Hedley Herbert. (1938). On a new species of Potorous (Marsupialia) from a cave deposit on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62(1): 132-140.

Other references:

Calaby, J. H. and Richardson, B. J. (1988). Potoroidae, pp. 53-59. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. x + 273 pp. [p. 58]

Condon, H. T. (1967). Kangaroo Island and its vertebrate land fauna. Australian Natural History 15(12): 409-412.

Cooper, H. M. and Condon, H. T. (1947). On some fragments of emu egg-shell from an ancient camp-site on Kangaroo Island. South Australian Ornithologist 18(7): 66-68.

Groves, Colin P. (1993). Order Diprotodontia, pp. 45-62. In: Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. A. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second Edition. Washignton: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Groves, Colin P. (2005). Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70. In: Wilson, D. E. and Reeder, D. A. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 139]

Jackson, Stephen M., Travouillon, Kenny J., Beck, Robin, M. D., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J., Helgen, Kristofer M., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48(4): 548-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062

Mahoney, J. A. and Ride, W. D. L. (1975). Index to the genera and species of fossil Mammalia described from Australia and New Guinea between 1838 and 1968. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 6: 1-250.

Ride, W. D. L. (1970). A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2023). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 2 March 2025]

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2025). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 1 March 2025]

Williams, Dominic L. G. (1980). Catalogue of Pleistocene vertebrate fossils and sites in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(5): 101-115.

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