Perameles Geoffroy 1804 (long-nosed bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Parent taxon: Peramelidae according to K. J. Travouillon et al. 2017

See also Dawson et al. 1999, Gray 1825, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Marshall 1974, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Springer et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Crash, Echymiperinae, Isoodon, Peramelinae, Peroryctes, Peroryctinae, Thylacis

Subtaxa: Perameles allinghamensis Perameles bougainville Perameles bowensis Perameles eremiana Perameles gunnii Perameles nasuta Perameles sobbei Perameles wilkinsonorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (30 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (7)

Total: 37 collections including 49 occurrences

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