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Perameles
Sign in to savePerameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderPeramelemorphia
- FamilyPeramelidae
Les péramèles (Perameles) forment le genre de marsupiaux appelés bandicoots selon leur nom aborigène, appartenant à la famille des Peramelidae. Liste des espèces Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 — Bandicoot de Bougainville Perameles eremiana Spencer, 1897 — Bandicoot du désert Perameles gunnii Gray, 1838 — Bandicoot rayé de l'Est Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1804 — Bandicoot à nez long ou péramèle nason Références (en) Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 40. (ISBN 0-8018-8221-4). (en) Schwartz, L.R. (2006). "A new species of bandicoot from the Oligocene of Northern Australia and implications for correlating Australian Tertiary mammal faunas". Palaeontology 49 (5): 991–998. DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00584.x.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 148
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Peramelidae
- Collections
- UCMP, CUMV, ROM, UMZC, NMV
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Peramelinae
- Image
- Perameles bougainville - Gould.jpg
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- taxonomic type
- long-nosed bandicoot
- taxon name
- Perameles
- Commons category
- Perameles
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Perameles
- endemic to
- Australia
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon author citation
- Geoffroy, 1803
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Perameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.
The genus name Perameles comes from Ancient Greek (), meaning ("pouch, bag"), and Latin , meaning "marten, badger".
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