Perameles papillon
Perameles papillon, the butterfly bandicoot, is an extinct species of bandicoot native to the Nullarbor Plain in Australia. It is named for the dark brown patch on its rump, which resembles a butterfly. It was described in 2018[1] based on existing skins and osteological material within museum collections in Australia.[2] It is believed to have become extinct sometime during the mid-twentieth century due to predation by non-native foxes introduced during the time of European settlement.
| Perameles papillon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Perameles |
| Species: | P. papillon |
| Binomial name | |
| Perameles papillon Travouillon & Phillips, 2018 | |
References
- Perameles papillon Travouillon & Phillips, 2018. Atlas of Living Australia. Accessed February 2020.
- Travouillon, Kenny J.; Phillips, Matthew J. (7 February 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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