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POTOROO, or RAT KANGAROO

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 209 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
POTOROO, or RAT KANGAROO , any member of the diprotodont marsupial sub-
family
  Potoroinae (see MARSUPIA1,1A). None of them exceed a common rabbit in
size
 . They inhabit
Australia
  and
Tasmania
 , are nocturnal, and feed on the leaves of
grasses
  and other
plants
 , as well as roots and bulbs, which they dig up with their forepaws; in this way some of them do considerable damage to cultivated crops. About ten
species
  are known, presenting a considerable range of diversity in
minor
  characters. The members of the type genus (Potorous) run, rather than leap, and do not use the
hind
  feet for kicking. In the genus Bettongia the tail is prehensile, and with it they collect grass and twigs for making nests in their burrows.


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