Gilbert's Potoroo on the road in Lescehenault Estuary Conservation Park near Bunbury South Western Australia in late winter is a rare msrsupial.
A Gilbert's Potoroo on the road in Lescehenault Estuary Conservation Park near Bunbury South Western Australia in late winter. Potoroos belong to a small family called the Potoroidae (rat-kangaroos), within the large superfamily Macropodoidea. The rat-kangaroos are small marsupials which hop on their hindfeet, dig for much of their food with well-developed forefeet, and have a complex stomach that allows them to extract nutrition very efficiently from their 's potoroo, sometimes called the "rat-kangaroo" or "garlgyte", is Australia's most endangered marsupial and one of the world's most endangered mammals. It is a small nocturnal marsupial which lives in small groups or colonies.
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Location: Leschenault Estuary Conservation park near Bunbury South Western Australia.
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