Peroryctes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perameloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cladus: Notometatheria Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Cladus: Agreodontia Ordo: Peramelemorphia Superfamilia: Perameloidea

Familia: Peramelidae
Subfamilia: Peroryctinae
Genus: Peroryctes
Species (3 + †1): †P. aruensis – P. broadbentii – P. raffrayanus – P. trigonodon

Name

Peroryctes Thomas, 1906: 476

• Type species: Perameles raffrayana Milne-Edwards, 1878, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Lemdubuoryctes Kear, Aplin & Westerman, 2016: 3 [synonymised by Travouillon & Phillips (2018: 241)]
  • Type species: Lemdubuoryctes aruensis Kear, Aplin & Westerman, 2016, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1906. On mammals collected in south-west Australia for Mr. W.E. Balston. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(3): 468–478.
• Kear, B.P., Aplin, K.P. & Westerman, M. 2016. Bandicoot fossils and DNA elucidate lineage antiquity amongst xeric-adapted Australasian marsupials. Scientific Reports 6(1): 37537. DOI: 10.1038/srep37537 Reference page. 
• Travouillon, K.J. & Phillips, M.J. 2018. Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia): reassessment of two species and description of a new species. Zootaxa 4378(2): 224–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Travouillon, K.J., Bertozzi, T., MacDonald, A.J., Cooper, S.J.B., Flannery, T.F. & Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new species of bandicoot in the genus Peroryctes (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) from Kwiyawagi, West Baliem Valley of Papua Province, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1): 5–16. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3002 Reference page.