Peroryctes broadbentii

(E. P. Ramsay, 1879)

Giant Bandicoot

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Peramelemorphia
Family : Peramelidae
Subfamily : Peroryctinae
Genus : Peroryctes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ramsay, E.P. 1879. Contributions to the zoology of New Guinea. Part III. Description of a new marsupial allied to the genus Perameles, Geoff. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3:402-405.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456837

Original name as described

Perameles broadbentii

Other common names

Broadbent Bandicoot

Type material

AM A.3238

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"considerable distance inland from Port Moresby, in some of the dense mountain scrubs on the banks of Goldie River [a tributary of the Laloki River]," Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed from 'broadbenti' to 'broadbentii' to match the spelling in the original description

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000247

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 broadbentii

(E. P. Ramsay, 1879)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

broadbentii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM A.3238

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6456837

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Peroryctes broadbenti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

broadbenti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

13

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:35, 36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16710/21965270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Peroryctes broadbentii

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

broadbentii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000247

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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