potoroo
- n Australian rat kangaroos
- There I was informed that the potoroo was considered a pest, since it was reputed to have a fondness for potato tubers.
- The potoroo is about the size of a rabbit, resembles the kangaroo, but runs instead of leaping.
- They include more than 10,000 types, the specimens used to name and describe new species, as well as examples of creatures now rare (Gilbert's potoroo) or extinct (the skeleton of .