Perameles eremiana

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	PERAMELEMORPHIA	PERAMELIDAE

Scientific Name:

Perameles eremiana

Species Authority:

Spencer, 1897

Common Name/s:

English	–	Desert Bandicoot
French	–	Péramèle Du Désert

Taxonomic Notes:

This species may be conspecific with Perameles bougainville (Gordon 2008).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Burbidge, A., Johnson, K. & Aplin, K.

Evaluator/s:

Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because this species has not been collected since 1943 when one specimen was taken in Western Australia.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was endemic to western and central Australia. It was last collected in 1943. Aboriginal history indicates survival into the 1950s and perhaps the early 1960s (Burbidge et al. 1988).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population [top]

Population:	It is presumed to be extinct.

Population:

It is presumed to be extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species was associated with spinifex grassland areas in arid, sandy areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its population decline was probably due to introduced predators: cats and foxes. Changes to the fire regime have also been blamed for species losses in inland arid areas of Australia – the gradual patchwork burning by aboriginal people was replaced by intensive "lightening-caused" wildfires which destroyed habitat diversity. Rabbits also likely had a major impact on its habitat.

Major Threat(s):

Its population decline was probably due to introduced predators: cats and foxes. Changes to the fire regime have also been blamed for species losses in inland arid areas of Australia – the gradual patchwork burning by aboriginal people was replaced by intensive "lightening-caused" wildfires which destroyed habitat diversity. Rabbits also likely had a major impact on its habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species.

Citation:	Burbidge, A., Johnson, K. & Aplin, K. 2008. Perameles eremiana. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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