Isoodon Desmarest 1817 (short-nosed bandicoot)
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Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae
Alternative spelling: Isodon
Parent taxon: Peramelidae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Gray 1825, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Crash, Echymiperinae, Perameles, Peramelinae, Peroryctes, Peroryctinae, Thylacis
Subtaxa: Isoodon auratus Isoodon macrourus Isoodon obesulus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (25 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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