Perameles

Perameles
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Perameles myosuros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Subfamily: Peramelinae
Genus: Perameles
É. Geoffroy, 1804
Type species
Perameles nasuta
É. Geoffroy, 1804
Species
  • Perameles bougainville
  • †Perameles eremiana
  • †Perameles fasciata
  • Perameles gunnii
  • †Perameles myosuros
  • †Perameles notina
  • Perameles nasuta
  • Perameles pallescens
  • †Perameles papillon

Perameles is a group of marsupials in the Peramelemorphia order. They are called long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.[1][2]

The name Perameles comes from Ancient Greek word πήρα (pḗra), which means "pouch" or "bag," and the Latin word mēlēs, which means "marten" or "badger."

More than half of the known recent Perameles species have died out. These extinct species were once thought to be the same as Peremeles bougainville, but a study in 2018 showed they are different species.[3]

The living species are:

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]

References

  1. ↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  2. ↑ "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive – Peramelia". Retrieved 2008-03-12.
  3. 1 2 Travouillon, Kenny J.; Phillips, Matthew 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.3. PMID 29690027.
  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. (2005). "Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2 (4): 347–356. doi:10.1017/S1477201904001476. S2CID 130657285.
  8. ↑ Travouillon, Kenny; Louys, Julien; Price, Gilbert; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne; Muirhead, Jeanette (2017). "A review of the Pliocene bandicoots of Australia, and descriptions of new genus and species". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5) e1360894. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E0894T. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1360894. hdl:10072/387424. S2CID 90107606.

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