Potorous Desmarest, 1804 . Tabi. Méth Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 24:20.

TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis murina Cuvier, 1798 (= Didelphis tridactyla Kerr, 1792).

SYNONYMS: Hypsiprymnus, Potoroiis, Potoroo, Potoroops.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in Macropodidae .