Potoroo

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
[Potoroo]
English JS Main: 
Potoroo
English: 
The drawing appears to be an almost exact copy of the mammal named as the "Poto Roo" in John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790), where it is described by Dr. John Hunter but not given a scientific name, and illustrated with an engraving after an original by Sarah Stone (plate 60). The drawing differs in that the mammal's tail lies flat along the ground rather than curled upwards as in the engraving, and includes a row of stones in the foreground that is missing from the engraving. The mammal has more recently been identified by John Calaby in Wheeler and Smith (1988) as the Potoroo Potorous tridactylus. The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning. A Poto Roo ==== The marsupial ... is coloured brown with white-grey underparts, overlaid with black and grey hatched lines, and a black pouch on its lower belly. ... Credits: The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category: 
fauna: mammals
Sub-category: 
kangaroo
Source: 
Painters
Page: 
89
Line: 
12659
Respelt: 
bådu-ru
Part of speech: 
noun
Source Details: 
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002 Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814? -------------- NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON <[WebCat] Search The Natural History Museum's library catalogue> The 5-digit numbers are the picture identification numbers quoted near the end of each entry. --------- Most or all of the items with an indigenous word attached are in the JS PAINTERS ringbinder, arranged alphabelically by a JS ’no hyphens’ transcription. ========= NO PAINTERS FILE: This is the PENCIL line number (in JS ’Painters’ ringbinder) supplied by Keith Smith. the page numbers entered by JS
Comment: 
Port Jackson Drawing - no. 59: Un-named mammal ("Poto Roo") / Port Jackson Painter] ---------- ‘ The marsupialÊfamily Potoridae includes the bettongs, potoroos and rat-kangaroos. All are small, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodentÊor a very small wallaby. ‘ <http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com>