Isoodon obesulus

(G. K. Shaw, 1797)

Southern Brown Bandicoot

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1797-08. [Fascicle XCVI]. Pp. pl. 297–pl. 300 in Shaw, G.K. 1796-1797. The Naturalist's Miscellany: or, coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described immediately from nature. Vol. 8. Nodder, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277553

Original name as described

Didelphis obesula

Other common names

Brown Bandicoot · Southern Short-nosed Bandicoot · Nuyts Southern Brown Bandicoot

Type material

AM M.11821

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"New Holland." Restricted by T. Iredale & E. Le G. Troughton in 1934 to "Sydney, N.S.W. [= New South Wales]," Australia. Further restricted by J. M. Dixon in 1981 to "1.5 km south of the Hawkesbury River, 7.5 km from the Coal and Candle Creek Road turnoff on the West Head Road, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, north of Sydney, New South Wales, Lat. 33° 36' S; Long. 151° 16' E," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

previously included I. peninsulae and I. fusciventer

Taxonomy notes citation

Burbidge, A. A., Eldridge, M. D. B., Groves, C., Harrison, P. L., Jackson, S. M., Reardon, T. B., Westerman, M., & Woinarski, J. C. Z. (2014). A list of native Australian mammal species and subspecies. pp. 15–32, in J. C. Z. Woinarski, A. A. Burbidge, & P. L. Harrison (eds.) The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. · Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000236

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Didelphis obesula

(G. K. Shaw, 1797)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.11821

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

pl. 298 (unnumbered p. 1)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59277553

Authority publication

London

Perameles affinis

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1846)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.1173

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08203e78-dc85-43f9-823b-314b0b3beb39 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/136bddd2-7b15-4986-aae8-9cccf1009097

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58844547

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)

Isoodon nauticus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

nauticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.4.15.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17a360bf-0380-4a57-8404-ae67170b9932

Authority page

678

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15690433

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Parameles obesula

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

v

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130066

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:v, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Thylacis obesula

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Isoodon obesulus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40553/115173603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Isoodon obesulus nauticus

Groves, 2005

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

nauticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Isoodon obesulus obesulus

Groves, 2005

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Isoodon obesulus affinis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

389

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Perameles obesula

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

obesula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14763410

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:217, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Giebel (1855:721, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Blyth (1863:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Perameles affinis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729749

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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