Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 40

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Perameles bougainville Quoy and Gaimard 1824 , in: de Freycinet, Voy. autour du monde ... Uranie et al Physicienne, Zool.: 56.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, Peron Peninsula.

Vernacular Names: Western Barred Bandicoot.

Synonyms: Perameles arenaria Gould 1844 ; Perameles fasciata Gray 1841 ; Perameles myosuros Wagner 1841 ; Perameles notina Thomas 1922 .

Distribution: Formerly in S South Australia, NW Victoria, W New South Wales, S Western Australia, Bernier and Dorre Isls, survives only on Bernier and Dorre Isls (off Western Australia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct as P. b. fasciata, Endangered as P. b. bougainville . Rare.

Discussion: See Ride (1970:100).