''Perameles'' is a genus of marsupials of the order

Peramelemorphia The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies; it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores. All members of the order are endemic to the twin land masses of Australia-New Guinea and most have the character ...

. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots. ''Perameles'', or ‘pouched badger’, is a

hybrid word A hybrid word or hybridism is a word that etymologically derives from at least two languages. Common hybrids The most common form of hybrid word in English combines Latin and Greek parts. Since many prefixes and suffixes in English are of Latin ...

, from the Greek (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin (‘marten, badger’). More than half the known recent species of ''Perameles'' have been driven to

extinction Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

, although these extinct species were long considered conspecific with '' P. bougainville'', a 2018 study determined them to be distinct species. The extant and recently extinct species are: *

Western barred bandicoot The Western barred bandicoot (''Perameles bougainville''), also known as the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot; now extinct across most of its former range, the western barred bandicoot only survives on offshore islands and in fenced sanctuar ...

(''P. bougainville'') *†

Desert bandicoot The desert bandicoot (''Perameles eremiana'') is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. Taxonomy The description by Walter Baldwin Spencer was published in 1897, using a specimen provided by a European correspondent ...

(''P. eremiana'') *†

New South Wales barred bandicoot New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...

(''P. fasciata'') *

Eastern barred bandicoot The eastern barred bandicoot (''Perameles gunnii'') is a nocturnal, rabbit-sized marsupial endemic to southeastern Australia, being native to the island of Tasmania and mainland Victoria. It is one of three surviving bandicoot species in the g ...

(''P. gunnii'') *†

Southwestern barred bandicoot The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...

(''P. myosuros'') *

Long-nosed bandicoot The long-nosed bandicoot (''Perameles nasuta''), a marsupial, is a species of bandicoot found in eastern Australia, from north Queensland along the east coast to Victoria. Around long, it is sandy- or grey-brown with a long snouty nose. Omnivor ...

(''P. nasuta'') *†

Southern barred bandicoot Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, ...

(''P. notina'') *

Queensland barred bandicoot ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

(''P. pallescens'') *†

Ooldea barred bandicoot ''Perameles papillon'', the Nullarbor barred bandicoot,Threatened Species Scientific Committee (2021). ''Listing Advice'' Perameles papillon ''Nullarbor Barred Bandicoot''. Canberra: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. http://w ...

(''P. papillon'') Fossil species are, *†'' P. allinghamensis'' *†'' P. bowensis'' *†'' P. sobbei'' *†'' P. wilkinsonorum''

References

External links

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images and movies of the western barred bandicoot ''(Perameles bougainville)''
Peramelemorphs Marsupials of Australia Mammal genera Taxa named by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire {{marsupial-stub