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length and their weight is approximately 800 grams. Their noses are short and blunt, which is an unusual characteristic among potorines and is usually associated with species such as the
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1224:Wikispecies
944:CALMScience
803:(3): 42–48.
672:13 November
571:P. platyops
543:P. platyops
490:interior".
441:in Gould's
429:Description
399:P. platyops
393:(1888) and
372:A.M. Morgan
339:in Sydney.
147:Marsupialia
1456:Categories
1004:Knight, F.
879:: 147–150.
845:Thomas, O.
833:: 132–140.
786:Abbott, I.
583:References
560:Sub-fossil
509:, finding
507:Bremer Bay
473:) and the
294:John Gould
262:John Gould
167:Potoroidae
1467:Potoroids
1130:(2): 87.
950:(4): 451.
743:"Species
706:: 103–104
496:epizootic
348:potoroine
258:Australia
254:marsupial
185:Species:
113:Kingdom:
107:Eukaryota
1387:11000189
1335:10210624
1209:Wikidata
1111:: 53–58.
1095:(1971).
1068:(1910).
1006:(2011).
893:(1846).
867:(1903).
847:(1888).
821:Potorous
817:(1938).
788:(2008).
759:27 March
710:27 March
628:62265494
598:(2005).
494:been an
454:Potorous
389:(1846),
288:Taxonomy
251:potoroid
178:Potorous
163:Family:
137:Mammalia
127:Chordata
123:Phylum:
117:Animalia
103:Domain:
80:IUCN 3.1
1374:1000329
1309:2440016
1215:Q209609
1146:Sources
525:dibbler
517:Nyungar
485:Ecology
379:morgani
223:, 1844)
210:†
189:†
173:Genus:
153:Order:
133:Class:
78: (
74:Extinct
1426:348428
1413:346316
1400:173935
1348:552705
1296:310961
1265:ARKive
1161:
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616:
521:quokka
462:pelage
447:(1863)
416:, and
414:mor-da
374:. The
325:Mordup
1434:SPRAT
1361:18103
1330:IRMNG
1322:42992
1283:4M6YT
903:–232.
875:. 2.
793:(PDF)
602:. In
422:moort
221:Gould
1395:NCBI
1356:IUCN
1343:ITIS
1304:GBIF
1159:ISBN
1078:1909
1012:ISBN
761:2019
712:2019
704:1844
674:2021
657:2016
624:OCLC
614:ISBN
418:mort
410:moda
239:The
1439:195
1382:MSW
1369:MDD
1291:EoL
1278:CoL
1252:AFD
1239:ADW
1132:doi
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