Perameles eremiana

W. B. Spencer, 1897

Desert Bandicoot

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spencer, W.B. 1897. Description of two new species of marsupials from central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 9:5-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8362067

Original name as described

Perameles eremiana

Other common names

Orange-backed Bandicoot

Type material

NMV C5864

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Burt Plain, N of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000239

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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.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Perameles eremiana

W. B. Spencer, 1897

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

eremiana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMV C5864

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Burt Plain north of Alice Springs, and sand-hills about forty miles to the north-east of Charlotte Waters.

Type locality

Australia: Northern Territory.

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8362067

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:845, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)
Tate (1948:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15898)
Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Strahan (1983:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44587)
Corbet & Hill (1991:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69001)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
Jackson & Groves (2015:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16570/21965953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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