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Isoodon macrourus (northern brown bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy
Perameles macroura was named by Gould (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Isoodon macrourus by Phillips et al. (2001), Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Perameles macroura Gould
2001Isoodon macrourus Phillips et al. p. 1538
2005Isoodon macrourus Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
genusIsoodonDesmarest 1817
speciesmacrourus(Gould 1842)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Isoodon macrourus Gould 1842 [northern brown bandicoot]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:37:19
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:37:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Isoodon macrourus (183080)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Isoodon macrourus (21688)