Potoroidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2015 2015-06-30 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials 600 628 book chapter 77015 10.5281/zenodo.6658032 df197220-cd6f-4c03-b904-dbff579f5d47 978-84-96553-99-6 6658032 Family POTOROIDAE (BETTONGS AND POTOROOS) • Small to medium-sized, long-tailed marsupials with short forelimbs and long hindlimbs, pelage mostly gray or brownish, often with some rufous tones. • 55-83 cm. • Australiasian Region. • Forest and woodland with a dense understory of grass or shrubs, or dense heath and shrublands. • 3 genera, 8 species, at least 10 extant taxa. • 2 species Critically Endangered, 2 species Endangered; 2 subspecies and 2 species Extinct since 1600.