Perameles Explained

Perameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.^[1]

Perameles, or ‘pouched badger’, is a hybrid word, from the Greek (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin Latin: [[wikt:meles#Latin|mēles]] (‘marten, badger’).

More than half the known recent species of Perameles have been driven to extinction, although these extinct species were long considered conspecific with P. bougainville, a 2018 study determined them to be distinct species.^[2]

The extant species are:

• Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville)
• Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii)
• Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)
• Queensland barred bandicoot (P. pallescens)

The recently extinct species are:

• †Desert bandicoot (P. eremiana)
• †New South Wales barred bandicoot (P. fasciata)
• †Southwestern barred bandicoot (P. myosuros)
• †Southern barred bandicoot (P. notina)
• †Nullarbor barred bandicoot (P. papillon)^[3]

Fossil species are,

• †P. allinghamensis^[4]
• †P. bowensis^[5]
• †P. sobbei^{[6] [7]}
• †P. wilkinsonorum ^[8]

External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mikko's Phylogeny Archive – Peramelia. 2008-03-12.
2. Travouillon & Phillips (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. February 2018.
3. Travouillon & Phillips (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. February 2018.
4. Archer, M. & Wade, M. (1976). "Results of the Ray E. Lemley expeditions, part 1: The Allingham Formation and a new Pliocene vertebrate fauna from northern Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 17, 54–58.
5. Muirhead, J., Dawson, L. & Archer, M. (1997). "Perameles bowensis, a new species of Perameles (Peramelomorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington caves, New South Wales". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 17, 163–174.
6. Price, G. J. (2002). "Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 48, 193–197.
7. Price, G. J. . Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2. 4. 347–356. 10.1017/S1477201904001476. 2005. 130657285.
8. Travouillon . Kenny . Louys . Julien . Price . Gilbert . Archer . Michael . Hand . Suzanne . Muirhead . Jeanette . A review of the Pliocene bandicoots of Australia, and descriptions of new genus and species . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 2017 . 37 . 5 . e1360894 . 10.1080/02724634.2017.1360894 . 2017JVPal..37E0894T . 90107606 .