Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus (McCoy, 1865)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: fossil
Rediscovered (living specimens assigned to this fossil taxon) (Frankham et al., 2012; Jackson & Groves, 2015:141)
Distribution
New South Wales (coastal, south of Sydney basin), South Australia (extreme south-eastern) & Victoria, Australia
Type locality: "Bone Cave, near Gisborne, Vic." (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:59)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: "mandibular fragment containing at least sectorial premolar", now considered lost (Calaby & Richardson, 1988:59)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
McCoy, Frederick. (1865). Note. Quarter Sheet 7 NW. Mt. Aitken. Geological Survey of Victoria.
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. 59]
Claridge, A. W., Cunningham, R. B. and Tanton, M. T. (1993). Foraging patterns of the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) for hypogeal fungi in mixed-species and regrowth eucalypt forest stands in southeastern Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 61(1-2): 75-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127(93)90191-O
Department of the Environment (2022). Potorous tridactylus trisulcatus in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: https://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Sat, 27 Aug 2022 13:25:36 +1000.
Frankham, Greta J., Handasyde, Kathrine A. and Eldridge, Mark D. B. (2012). Novel insights into the phylogenetic relationships of the endangered marsupial genus Potorous. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 592-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.013
Frankham, Greta J., Handasyde, Kathrine A. and Eldridge, Mark D. B. (2016). Evolutionary and contemporary responses to habitat fragmentation detected in a mesic zone marsupial, the long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) in south-eastern Australia. J. Biogeogr. 43(4): 653-665.
Frankham, Greta J. and Johnston, P. G. (2023). Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus, pp. 305-306. In: Baker, Andrew M. and Gynther, Ian C. (eds.). Strahan’s Mammals of Australia (4th ed.). Wahroonga, NSW: Reed New Holland Publishers. 848 pp.
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 141]
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. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 77: 252-533.