Bulungu (mammal)

Bulungu is an extinct genus of bandicoot-like mammal from Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, and the Etadunna Formation, Australia. It was first named by Gurovich et al. (2013) and the type species is Bulungu palara.^[1] Two additional species, Bulungu campbelli and Bulungu minkinaensis, were also described in 2013. Bulungu muirheadae is the oldest fossil bandicoot recovered to date.^[2] An additional three species Bulungu minkinaensis, Bulungu pinpaensis, and Bulungu westermani were named by Travouillon, Beck & Case (2021) allowing for placement of the genus in the superfamily Yaraloidea.^[3]

Bulungu Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Superfamily:	Yaraloidea
Genus:	Bulungu Gurovichet al., 2013
Type species
Bulungu palara
Species
B. campbelli Travouillon et al., 2013 B. minkinaensis Travouillon, Beck & Case, 2021 B. muirheadae Travouillon et al., 2013 B. palara Gurovich et al., 2013 B. pinpaensis Travouillon, Beck & Case, 2021