Liverpool Plains striped bandicoot
| Liverpool Plains striped bandicoot | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Perameles |
| Species: | †P. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Perameles fasciata Gray, 1841 | |
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The Liverpool Plains striped bandicoot (Perameles fasciata), also known as the New South Wales barred bandicoot, is an extinct species of bandicoot formerly found in what is now the Liverpool Plains agricultural region of north-central New South Wales.[3]
Conservation
It has been assessed as extinct by the IUCN as well as by the Australian and New South Wales governments.[4] [5]
References
- ↑ "Liverpool Plains striped bandicoot". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ Travouillon, K.J. (6 March 2023). "First fossil record of Perameles fasciata from New South Wales and Queensland: reassessment of Perameles sobbei". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47: 602–613. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2175034.
- ↑ "Perameles fasciata". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Perameles fasciata — Liverpool Plains Striped Bandicoot". Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ↑ "Liverpool Plains Barred Bandicoot - profile". Office of Environment & Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2026.