Perameles

For a synonym of a genus of mantises, see Ameles.

Perameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.^[1][2]

Perameles Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Perameles myosuros
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Subfamily:	Peramelinae
Genus:	Perameles É. Geoffroy, 1804
Type species
Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy, 1804
Species
Perameles bougainville †Perameles eremiana †Perameles fasciata Perameles gunnii †Perameles myosuros †Perameles notina Perameles nasuta Perameles pallescens †Perameles papillon

Perameles, or ‘pouched badger’, is a hybrid word, from the Greek pera (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin mēles (‘marten, badger’).^[3]

More than half the known recent species of Perameles have been driven to extinction, although these extinct species were long considered conspecific with P. bougainville, a 2018 study determined them to be distinct species.^[4]

The extant species are:

• Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville)
• Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii)
• Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)
• Queensland barred bandicoot (P. pallescens)

The recently extinct species are:

• †Desert bandicoot (P. eremiana)
• †New South Wales barred bandicoot (P. fasciata)
• †Southwestern barred bandicoot (P. myosuros)
• †Southern barred bandicoot (P. notina)
• †Nullarbor barred bandicoot (P. papillon)^[5]

Fossil species are,

• †P. allinghamensis^[6]
• †P. bowensis^[7]
• †P. sobbei^[8][9]
• †P. wilkinsonorum ^[10]