Perameles wombeyensis Broom, 1896:56
Wombeyan bandicoot
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Isoodon macrourus macrourus) (Wakefield, 1972:19, 20; Jackson & Groves, 2015:85; Travouillon et al., 2024)
Distribution
Wombeyan Caves, near Taralga, New South Wales, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Broom, Robert. (1896). Report on a bone breccia deposit near Wombeyan Caves, NSW: with descriptions of some new species of marsupials. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(1): 48-61 [56]. [16 Jul 1896]
Other references:
Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 85]
Mahoney, J. A. and Ride, W. D. L. (1975). Index to the genera and species of fossil Mammalia described from Australia and New Guinea between 1838 and 1968. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 6: 1-250.
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]
Wakefield, Norman A. (1972). Palaeoecology of fossil mammal assemblages for some Australian caves. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 85(1): 1-26.