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Peroryctes aruensis (Kear, Aplin & Westerman, 2016)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Lemdubuoryctes aruensis Kear, Aplin & Westerman, 2016 (original combination)

 

Recombined as P. aruensis by (Travouillon & Phillips, 2018).

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Pulau Kobnoor, Aru Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Kear, Benjamin P., Aplin, Ken P. and Westerman, Michael. (2016). Bandicoot fossils and DNA elucidate lineage antiquity amongst xeric-adapted Australasian marsupials. Scientific Reports 6: 37537.

 

Other references:

Aplin, Ken and Pasveer, Juliette. (2006). Mammals and Other Vertebrates from Late Quaternary Archaeological Sites on Pulau Kobroor, Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia, pp. 41-62. In: O'Connor, S., Spriggs, M. and Veth, P. (eds.). Terra Australis 22 (The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia). Canberra: ANU Press. 314 pp.

Jones, K. E. et al. (2009). PanTHERIA: A species-level database of life-history, ecology and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90: 2648.

Travouillon, Kenny J. and Phillips, Matthew J. (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): 224-256.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13455/lemdubuoryctes-aruensis

 

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