1 Long-nosed Potoroo at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Potorous tridactylus | 7 Jul 2023 | DonFletcher | ||
| Unverified | 30 Jun 2023 | Christine |
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User's notes
Several of these, smaller and no white tip to tail. Some were not at all shy, and appeared a bit smaller so could have been a different species? I'm not sure what has been released here, but definitely inside the Sanctuary, so part of the release program. Delightful to see.
4 comments
Christine
wrote:
7 Jul 2023
I assume these are Southern Brown Bandicoot, but cannot find them in the categories.
DonFletcher
wrote:
7 Jul 2023
Hi Christine, There are Southern Brown Bandicoots inside the Sanctuary (and Long Nosed Bandicoots in various parts of the ACT) but this is a Long Nosed Potoroo which is a member of the Potoroidae family of the macropod Super-Family (kangaroos and relatives). It has a more substantial tail than a bandicoot, a much blunter head and shorter ears and looks quite a bit bigger
Christine
wrote:
7 Jul 2023
Oh. There were some that looked about half the size of the other two which had white tips on their tails, but I was possibly confused as it was a bit dim, I thought there were three distinct animals but only seemed to have photos of two, I possibly thought this was the smaller one as it did not have the white tail-tip, and was definitely smaller than the Potoroos in the other sighting. I will see if I have a very blurry photo of the really small ones. But is the white tail tip only on some of the Potoroos? Thanks for all your help.
DonFletcher
wrote:
7 Jul 2023
Smaller ones with partly white tail = bandicoot. Maybe you have earnt another trip to Tidbinbilla carrying a mammal identification book, binoculare and camera :-)
Location information
- Coordinates 148.905761-35.464957
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Jun 2023 04:28 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Potorous tridactylus Other Small Marsupials Small Marsupials Mammals
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Potorous tridactylus Scientific name
- Long-nosed Potoroo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 819.4m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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