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Species profile—Perameles nasuta (long-nosed bandicoot)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Peramelidae (Bandicoots) → Perameles nasuta (long-nosed bandicoot)

Photo of Perameles nasuta (long-nosed bandicoot) - Ball, T.,QPWS,2003
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Peramelidae (Bandicoots)
Scientific name
Perameles nasuta Geoffroy, 1804
Common name
long-nosed bandicoot
Type reference
Geoffroy, E. (1804). Memoire sur un nouveau genre de mammiferes a bourse, nomme Perameles. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 4:56-64 [62]
WildNet taxon ID
787
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=787.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024