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title: "Kanguroszczur myszaty"
description: "Potorous tridactylus — Ssaki. The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is a small, hopping mammal native to forests and shrubland of southeastern Australia and Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/long-nosed-potoroo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kanguroszczur myszaty

> Potorous tridactylus — Ssaki. The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is a small, hopping mammal native to forests and shrubland of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Potorous tridactylus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 654
- Wikidata: [Q275608](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275608)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42988](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42988)

## Names

- en: Long-nosed Potoroo
- de: Langschnauzen-Kaninchenkänguru
- es: Potoro Hociquilargo
- nl: Langneuspotoroe
- pl: Kanguroszczur myszaty

## Countries with the most observations

AU (534)

## Summary

The long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) is a small, hopping mammal native to forests and shrubland of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the potoroo and bettong family (Potoroidae), it lives alone and digs at night for fungi, roots, or small insects. It is also a marsupial (like kangaroos) and carries its young in a pouch. The long-nosed potoroo is threatened by habitat loss and introduced species such as cats or foxes. There are two subspecies: P. t. tridactylus on mainland Australia, and P. t. apicalis on Tasmania, with lighter fur.
At first glance, the long-nosed potoroo with its pointed nose…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-nosed_potoroo

## Photo

![Kanguroszczur myszaty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-nosed-potoroo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vijay Barve · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191149167

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-nosed-potoroo?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).