Potorous tridactylus (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Queensland, coastal New South Wales, NE Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia, Tasmania, and King Island (Australia).

STATUS: Endangered on mainland Australia, common in Tasmania.

SYNONYMS: apicalis, apicalis, benormi, gilbertii, micropus, minor, murino, muscolo, myosurus, peronii, rufus, setosus, trisulcatus, tuckeri.

COMMENTS: See Kirsch and Calaby (1977:21).