Perameles broadbenti Ramsay 1879a

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 316

Perameles broadbenti Ramsay 1879a

Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (ser. 1) 3(4): 402, figs 1–15, plate 27. (May 1879).

Common name. Giant Bandicoot.

Current name. Peroryctes broadbenti ( Ramsay, 1879a) , following Aplin et al. (2010).

Holotype. A.3238, by subsequent determination. Male, skull, skin mount, originally in alc., purchased from Kendall Broadbent, registered November 1878. Collection date not given.

Condition. Cranium has fractured left maxilla, right zygomatic arch glued in place, missing left upper 5th postcanine tooth, missing left upper 1st and 3rd incisors, and right upper 2nd, 3rd and 4th incisors; right dentary missing coronoid process, both dentaries have drilled wire holes through both condyles. Skin mount missing ear tips, bald patch on the left side, fracture on the base of the tail, left manus digits 4 and 5 fractured, sparse fur on the ventral surface (stomach area).

Type locality. Port Moresby district, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Specimen obtained from “a considerable distance inland from Port Moresby, in some of the dense scrubs on the banks of the Goldie River” ( Ramsay, 1879a).

Comments. Ramsay states that his description is based on a single male. Detailed measurements and high quality photographs of the holotype skull are given by Aplin et al. (2010), who review the limited number of specimens available in world collections.