page_title: Gilbert's potoroo
hierarchical_section_title: Gilbert's potoroo
caption_attribution_description: English: Copyright Michael Wakefield.
context_page_description: Gilbert's potoroo is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo. It has a pointed face and it is about the size of a rabbit. Once thought to be extinct, it is listed as being critically endangered. There are only about 40 of the animals left in the world. Gilbert's potoroo is one of the world's rarest mammals.
  They live in a small area, about 1,000 ha, on the southwest coast near Albany, Western Australia. This area is in the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve. Gilbert's Potoroos have been released on nearby Bald Island, and are breeding successfully.
context_section_description: Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo.  It has a pointed  face and it is about the size of a rabbit. Once thought to be extinct, it is listed as being critically endangered. There are only about 40 of the animals left in the world. Gilbert's potoroo is one of the world's rarest mammals.
  They live in a small area, about 1,000 ha (2,471 acres), on the southwest coast near Albany, Western Australia. This area is in the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve.  Gilbert's Potoroos have been released on nearby Bald Island, and are breeding successfully.
caption: Gilbert's potoroo at Two People's Bay, Feb 2009.
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