Perameles myosuros

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Southwestern Barred Bandicoot

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1841. Beschreibung einer neuen Art von Bandikuts, _Perameies myosurus_, nebst Bemerkungen über _Perameles obesula_. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1):289-297.

Original name as described

Perameles myosuros

Type locality

Swan River District and surroundings of King Georges Sound, Western Australia, Australia

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

extinct species split from P. bougainville

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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