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Peramelidae (bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Peramelidae Gray
1825Peramelina Gray p. 340
1850Peramelidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Peramelidae Flower p. 184
1889Peramelidae Cope p. 876
1891Peramelidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1898Peramelidae Gadow p. 40
1974Peramelidae Marshall p. 66
1991Peramelidae Nowak
1994Peramelidae Springer et al. p. 86
1997Peramelidae McKenna and Bell
1999Peramelidae Dawson et al. p. 273
2005Peramelidae Wilson and Reeder
2014Peramelidae Travouillon et al. pp. 376-7
2017Peramelidae Travouillon et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
Didelphia
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
genusPeramelidae

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.

Fm. Peramelidae Gray 1825 [bandicoot]
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G. †Crash Travouillon et al. 2014
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Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al. 2014
Subfm. Echymiperinae McKenna and Bell 1997
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G. Echymipera Lesson 1842 [New Guinean spiny bandicoot]
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Echymipera clara Stein 1932 [Claras echymipera]
Echymipera davidi Flannery 1990 [Davids echymipera]
Echymipera echinista Menzies 1990 [Menzies echymipera]
Echymipera kalubu Fischer 1829
Echymipera rufescens Peters and Doria 1875
G. Microperoryctes Stein 1932
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Microperoryctes longicauda Peters and Doria 1876 [Striped bandicoot]
Microperoryctes murina Stein 1932 [Mouse bandicoot]
Microperoryctes papuensis Laurie 1952 [Papuan bandicoot]
G. Rhynchomeles Thomas 1920
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Rhynchomeles prattorum Thomas 1920 [Seram bandicoot]
G. Isoodon Desmarest 1817 [short-nosed bandicoot]
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Isoodon auratus Ramsay 1887 [Golden bandicoot]
Isoodon macrourus Gould 1842 [northern brown bandicoot]
Isoodon obesulus Shaw 1797
G. Perameles Geoffroy 1804 [long-nosed bandicoot]
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Perameles allinghamensis Archer and Wade 1976
Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824
Perameles bowensis Muirhead et al. 1997
Perameles eremiana Spencer 1897
Perameles gunnii Gray 1838 [eastern barred bandicoot]
Perameles nasuta Geoffroy 1804 [long-nosed bandicoot]
Perameles sobbei Price 2002
Perameles wilkinsonorum Travouillon et al. 2017
G. Peroryctes Thomas 1906
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Peroryctes broadbenti Ramsay 1879 [Giant bandicoot]
Peroryctes raffrayana Milne-Edwards 1878 [Raffrays bandicoot]
G. Thylacis Illiger 1811
Invalid names: Peramelina Gray 1825 [synonym], Peramelinae Gray 1825 [empty], Peroryctinae Groves and Flannery 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Crash bandicoot (182167)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Crash bandicoot (53951) Peramelidae indet. (151091)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (New South Wales) Perameles bowensis (181610)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Perameles wilkinsonorum (13318)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Peroryctes sp. (135705)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Perameles allinghamensis (51266 182159)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Peramelidae indet. (70556)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Perameles bowensis (135691)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Perameles sp. (182842)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Peramelidae indet. (70572)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Victoria) Perameles sp., Isodon sp. (182150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii (182621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Perameles indet. (182211 182212 182213)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Western Australia) Isoodon obesulus (181322)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Perameles nasuta, Isoodon obesulus (96019) Perameles nasuta, Isoodon obesulus, Perameles gunnii (96015)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Perameles sp. (136221) Peramelidae indet. (70579 70581)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Perameles bougainrillei (182919 182924 182925)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus, Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii (136076) Isoodon obesulus, Perameles gunnii (136073 136159 136430) Perameles gunni, Isoodon obesulus, Perameles bougainville (28298)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Australia (Queensland) Isoodon sp., Perameles nasuta (183095)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus, Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Isoodon macrourus (183080) Isoodon sp., Perameles nsauta (136730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus, Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii (182920 183262 183263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Perameles nasuta (197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Isoodon obesulus (182321) Perameles nasuta, Isoodon obesulus (181897) Perameles wombeyensis (182447)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Isoodon obesulus, Perameles gunnii (136072) Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii (182957) Perameles indet., Isoodon obesulus, Perameles bougainville (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Isoodon sp. (182819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Perameles gunnii (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Isoodon macrourus, Perameles nasuta (21688)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Isodon auratus (191983) Perameles sp., Isoodon obesulus (183094)