rat kangaroo

rat kangaroo

n. Any of various small marsupials of the suborder Macropodiformes and especially of the family Potoroidae of New Guinea, Australia, and adjacent islands, resembling large rodents.

rat kangaroo

n (Animals) any of several ratlike kangaroos of the genera Bettongia, Potorous, Aepyprymnus, etc, found on the Australian mainland and in Tasmania

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rat kangaroo - any of several rabbit-sized ratlike Australian kangarooskangaroo ratkangaroo - any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tailPotoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae - rat kangaroospotoroo - Australian rat kangaroosbettong - short-nosed rat kangaroojerboa kangaroo, kangaroo jerboa - brush-tailed rat kangaroo