Perameles gunnii

J. E. Gray, 1838

Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1838-04-01. Notices accompanying a collection of quadrupeds and fish from Van Diemen's Land. Annals of Natural History (1)1(2):101-111.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892882

Original name as described

Perameles Gunnii

Other common names

Gunn's Bandicoot · Tasmanian Barred Bandicoot

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1837.601

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2006fcc4-9d31-479a-9706-542d7486774c

Type locality

"Van Diemen's Land [= Tasmania]," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000241

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.

Perameles Gunnii

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

gunnii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1837.601

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2006fcc4-9d31-479a-9706-542d7486774c

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42892882

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Blyth (1863:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16572/21966027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Perameles Gunni

Giebel, 1855

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

gunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

722

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548913

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:722, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

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