Biology:Northern long-nosed bandicoot

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Short description: Species of mammal

Northern long-nosed bandicoot
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Perameles
Species:
P. pallescens
Binomial name
Perameles pallescens
Thomas, 1923
Synonyms

Perameles nasuta pallescens Thomas, 1923

The northern long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles pallescens), also known as the Queensland barred bandicoot, is a species of bandicoot endemic to North Queensland.[1]

Habitat and distribution

It is found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest in the Wet Tropics, occurring from Iron Range in the north to Paluma in the south.

Conservation

It is listed as Least Concern by the Queensland Government under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

References

Template:Peramelemorphia Wikidata ☰ Q50240781 entry