rat kangaroo, kangaroo rat

any of several rabbit-sized rat-like Australian kangaroos

• potoroo — Australian rat kangaroos
• bettong — short-nosed rat kangaroo
• jerboa kangaroo, kangaroo jerboa — brush-tailed rat kangaroo

• kangaroo — any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

• Potoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae — rat kangaroos