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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER PERAMELEMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Peramelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Peramelinae
--> GENUS Isoodon
SPECIES Isoodon auratus
| Author: | Ramsay, 1887. | | Citation: | Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., ser. 2, 2: 551. | | Common Name: | Golden Bandicoot | | Type Locality: | Australia, Western Australia, Derby. | | Distribution: | Australia: Formerly Northern Territory and N Western Australia, survives in NW of Western Australia and on Barrow Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as I. auratus, I. a. auratus, and I. a. barrowensis. Rare. | | Comments: | See Ride (1970:96) and Lyne and Mort (1981), who recognized arnhemensis and barrowensis as distinct species. A revision based on wider material is needed. |
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