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Long-footed potoroo

Potorous longipes Seebeck & Johnston, 1980

VUVulnerablemarsupials

The long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) is a species in the family Potoroidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 1.74 kg to 1.9 kg and live up to 15.3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the long-footed potoroo

Weight
1.74 kg – 1.9 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
15.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
15.3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
38 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.2 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.72src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the long-footed potoroo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The long-footed potoroo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the long-footed potoroo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) is a small marsupial found in southeastern Australia, restricted to an area around the coastal border between New South Wales and Victoria. It was first recorded in 1967 when an adult male was caught in a dog trap in the forest southwest of Bonang, Victoria. It is classified as vulnerable.

P. longipes is the largest species of Potorous, resembling the long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus. It is a solitary, nocturnal creature, feeding on fungi, vegetation, and small invertebrates. It differs from P. tridactylus in its larger feet and longer tail.

Current threats to the species include predation by introduced feral cats and foxes, and loss of habitat from logging within its limited range.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-footed potoroo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-footed_potoroo&oldid=1359988637), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-footed potoroo endangered?

The long-footed potoroo is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-footed potoroo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyPotoroidae
  6. genusPotorous
  7. SpeciesPotorous longipes Seebeck & Johnston, 1980
Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • بوطور طويل القدمينArabic
  • klokánek dlouhoprstýCzech
  • LangfußpotorooGerman
  • Langfuß-KaninchenkänguruGerman
  • Potoro de Pies LargosSpanish
  • pitkäjalkapotoriFinnish
  • アシナガネズミカンガルーJapanese
  • LangfotpotoroNorwegian Bokmål
  • GrootpootpotoroeDutch
  • kanguroszczur długonogiPolish
  • Potoro-de-patas-longasPortuguese
  • Длинноногий поторуRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-footed potoroo

Other species in the same genus Potorous.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-footed potoroo?

An adult long-footed potoroo weighs 1.74 kg – 1.9 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-footed potoroo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-footed potoroo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the long-footed potoroo endangered?

The long-footed potoroo is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the long-footed potoroo live?

The long-footed potoroo has a recorded lifespan of 15.3 years.

How long is the long-footed potoroo pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 38 days.

What kind of animal is the long-footed potoroo?

The long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes) belongs to the family Potoroidae in the order Diprotodontia.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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@misc{long_footed_potoroo_2026,
  title = {Long-footed potoroo (Potorous longipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-footed-potoroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}