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Perameles nasuta (long-nosed bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy
Perameles nasuta was named by Geoffroy (1804). It is extant. Its type specimen is QM F44567-8, a set of teeth (lower right M1).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Perameles nasuta Geoffroy
1974Perameles nasuta Marshall p. 66
1992Perameles nasuta Krajewski et al. p. 20

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
genusPeramelesGeoffroy 1804
speciesnasutaGeoffroy 1804

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.

Perameles nasuta Geoffroy 1804 [long-nosed bandicoot]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:37:55
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:37:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.78100 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Perameles nasuta (96015 96019)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Australia (Queensland) Perameles nasuta (183095)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Perameles nasuta (197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Perameles nasuta (181897)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Perameles nasuta (21688)