Gilbert's potoroo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Gilbert's potoroo Potorous gilbertii Critically endangered

Where the Gilbert's potoroo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 21 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See marsupials on the world map

Scientific name	Potorous gilbertii
Group	Marsupials
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Potoroidae

Where does the Gilbert's potoroo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Gilbert's potoroo in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Gilbert's potoroo endangered?

The Gilbert's potoroo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Gilbert's potoroo?

The Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Potoroidae, genus Potorous. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Gilbert's potoroo

Gilbert's potoroo or ngilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is Australia's most endangered marsupial, the rarest marsupial in the world, and one of the world's rarest critically endangered mammals, found in south-western Western Australia. It is a small nocturnal macropod that lives in small groups.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gilbert's potoroo (revision 1378820606), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q210073 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).