Perameles

{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}}

{{For|a synonym of a genus of mantises|Ameles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Pleistocene - Recent

| image = Perameles bougainville - Gould.jpg

| image_caption = Perameles myosuros

| taxon = Perameles

| authority = É. Geoffroy, 1804

| type_species = Perameles nasuta

| type_species_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1804

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *Perameles bougainville

• †Perameles eremiana
• †Perameles fasciata
• Perameles gunnii
• †Perameles myosuros
• †Perameles notina
• Perameles nasuta
• Perameles pallescens
• †Perameles papillon

}}

Perameles is a genus of marsupials of the order Peramelemorphia. They are referred to as long-nosed bandicoots or barred bandicoots.{{MSW3 Groves|pages=40|id=10900022}}{{cite web|title=Mikko's Phylogeny Archive – Peramelia|url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Synapsida/Metatheria/Notometatheria/Peramelia.htm|access-date=2008-03-12}}

Perameles, or ‘pouched badger’, is a hybrid word, from the Greek {{transliteration|grc|pera}} (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin {{lang|la|mēles}} (‘marten, badger’).{{OED|Perameles}}

More than half the known recent species of Perameles have been driven to extinction, although these extinct species were long considered conspecific with P. bougainville, a 2018 study determined them to be distinct species.Travouillon & Phillips (2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323008943_Total_evidence_analysis_of_the_phylogenetic_relationships_of_bandicoots_and_bilbies_Marsupialia_Peramelemorphia_reassessment_of_two_species_and_description_of_a_new_species "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia): Reassessment of two species and description of a new species"] Zootaxa. February 2018.

The extant species are:

• Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville)
• Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii)
• Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)
• Queensland barred bandicoot (P. pallescens)

The recently extinct species are:

• †Desert bandicoot (P. eremiana)
• †New South Wales barred bandicoot (P. fasciata)
• †Southwestern barred bandicoot (P. myosuros)
• †Southern barred bandicoot (P. notina)
• †Nullarbor barred bandicoot (P. papillon)Travouillon & Phillips (2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323008943_Total_evidence_analysis_of_the_phylogenetic_relationships_of_bandicoots_and_bilbies_Marsupialia_Peramelemorphia_reassessment_of_two_species_and_description_of_a_new_species "Total evidence analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia): Reassessment of two species and description of a new species"] Zootaxa. February 2018.

Fossil species are,

• †P. allinghamensisArcher, M. & Wade, M. (1976). [http://biostor.org/reference/153373 "Results of the Ray E. Lemley expeditions, part 1: The Allingham Formation and a new Pliocene vertebrate fauna from northern Queensland"]. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 17, 54–58.
• †P. bowensisMuirhead, J., Dawson, L. & Archer, M. (1997). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266289499_Perameles_bowensis_a_new_species_of_Perameles_Peramelemorphia_Marsupialia_from_Pliocene_faunas_of_Bow_and_Wellington_Caves_New_South_Wales "Perameles bowensis, a new species of Perameles (Peramelomorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington caves, New South Wales"]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 17, 163–174.
• †P. sobbeiPrice, G. J. (2002). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43498550_Perameles_sobbei_sp_nov_Marsupialia_Peramelidae_a_Pleistocene_bandicoot_from_the_Darling_Downs_south-eastern_Queensland "Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland"]. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 48, 193–197.{{cite journal|author=Price, G. J. |title=Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|volume=2|issue=4|pages=347–356|doi=10.1017/S1477201904001476|year=2005|s2cid=130657285|url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/12083/1/12083.pdf}}
• †P. wilkinsonorum {{cite journal |last1=Travouillon |first1=Kenny |last2=Louys |first2=Julien |last3=Price |first3=Gilbert |last4=Archer |first4=Michael |last5=Hand |first5=Suzanne |last6=Muirhead |first6=Jeanette |title=A review of the Pliocene bandicoots of Australia, and descriptions of new genus and species |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=2017 |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=e1360894 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1360894 |bibcode=2017JVPal..37E0894T |s2cid=90107606 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/5457433 }}