Isoodon fusciventer

(J. E. Gray, 1841)

Western Brown Bandicoot

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Peramelemorphia
Family : Peramelidae
Subfamily : Peramelinae
Genus : Isoodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1841-10-30. Contributions towards the Geographical distribution of the Mammalia of Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species. Pp. 397–414 in Grey, G. (eds.). Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and western Australia, during the years 1837, 38, and 39, under the authority of her Majesty's government. Vol. II. T. and W. Boone, London, 482 pp.

Original name as described

Perameles fusciventer

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1176

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

King Georgia Sound, Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from I. obesulus

Taxonomy notes citation

Travouillon, K. J., & Phillips, M. J. (2018). Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia): reassessment of two species and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4378(2), 224-256.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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