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Potorous tridactylus

1 Long-nosed Potoroo at Paddys River, ACT

Potorous tridactylus at Paddys River, ACT - 25 Jun 2023
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Potorous tridactylus 7 Jul 2023 DonFletcher
Unidentified 30 Jun 2023 Christine

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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.

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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 :-)

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