Perameles eremiana

– Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

PERAMELEMORPHIA

Family:

PERAMELIDAE

Scientific Name:

Perameles eremiana

Species Authority:

Spencer, 1897

Common Name/s:

English	—	DESERT BANDICOOT
French	—	PÉRAMÈLE DU DÉSERT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EX ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group

Justification:

This species has not been collected since 1943 when one specimen was taken in Western Australia.

History:

1982	-	Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Range Description:	Perameles eremiana was endemic to Australia.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population

Population:

The species was last collected in 1943.

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:	The species was associated with spinifex grassland areas.
System:	Terrestrial

Threats

Threats:

Population decline was a result of human modification of the habitat (clearing of the natural vegetation and other modifications), inadvertent destruction through efforts to control pest species (poisoning and trapping of rabbits), and introduced predators such as cats, dogs and foxes. Changed burning regimes 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.

Citation:	Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Perameles eremiana. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 August 2008.
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