potoroo
Americannoun
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potoroos
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of potoroo
1790; perhaps < Dharuk
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On an island just off the coast is one of the last surviving pockets of the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Gilbert's potoroo was once believed to have disappeared entirely before being rediscovered in 1994.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
The Gilbert's potoroo, a critically endangered species found only in Western Australia, has fewer than 150 animals left in the wild.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
Cats are considered to have been a leading threat for 22 of the extinct species, including the broad-faced potoroo, the crescent nailtail wallaby and the big-eared hopping mouse.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
As the great continent of Australia became known, it was found that the great mass of its mammalia, from the gigantic kangaroo to the pigmy, mouse-like potoroo, belonged to this singular order.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
In the pouch he is lonely, for potoroos are seldom twins.
From Time Magazine Archive
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