Potoroidae
| Potoroidae Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Woylie (Bettongia ogilbyi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Superfamily: | Macropodoidea |
| Family: | Potoroidae Gray, 1821 |
| Type genus | |
| Potorous Desmarest, 1804
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Potoroidae is a family of marsupials, small Australian animals known as bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby.