Post by surroundx on Mar 12, 2011 5:18:52 GMT
The following is a preliminary list of marsupial taxa (species and subspecies) to be included in the upcoming E-book, which I believe have become extinct since 10,000 BC(E). Suggestions for additions and deletions are most welcome:
Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi (Eastern Bettong (Mainland))
Bettongia pencillata pencillata (Brush-tailed Bettong)
Bettongia pusilla (Nullabor Dwarf Bettong)
Caloprymnus campestris (Desert Rat-kangaroo)
Chaeropus ecaudatus (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
Cryptonanus ignitus (Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opposum)
Dactylopsila kambuayai (Vogelkop Striped Possum)
Dasyurus geoffroi geoffroi (Chuditch ssp.)
Dasyurus maculatus bowlingi (King Island Quoll)
Dendrolagus mayri (Wondiwoi Tree-kangaroo)
Dendrolagus noibano (Tree-kangaroo sp.)
Dorcopsis sp. nov. (undescribed Forest-wallaby sp.)
Echymipera sp. nov. (undescribed Bandicoot sp.)
Lagorchestes asomatus (Central Hare-wallaby)
Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus (Rufous Hare-wallaby)
Lagorchestes leporides (Eastern Hare-wallaby)
Lagostrophus fasciatus baudinettei (Banded Hare-wallaby ssp.)
Macropus grayi (Toolache Wallaby)
Macrotus leucura (Lesser Bilby)
Myrmecobius fasciatus rufus (Eastern (Rusty) Numbat)
Onychogalea lunata (Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby)
Perameles bougainville fasciata (Eastern Barred Bandicoot)
Perameles eremiana (Desert Bandicoot)
Petauroides ayamaruensis (Ayaramu Greater Gliding Possum)
Phalanger matanim (Telefomin Cuscus)
Potorous platyops (Broad-faced Potoroo)
Potorous sp. nov. (St. Francis Island Potoroo)
Sminthopsis murina constricta (Slender-tailed Dunnart)
Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacine; Tasmanian Tiger)
Thylogale christenseni (Christensen's Pademelon)
Thylogale sp. nov. (undescribed Pademelon sp.)
Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi (Eastern Bettong (Mainland))
Bettongia pencillata pencillata (Brush-tailed Bettong)
Bettongia pusilla (Nullabor Dwarf Bettong)
Caloprymnus campestris (Desert Rat-kangaroo)
Chaeropus ecaudatus (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
Cryptonanus ignitus (Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opposum)
Dactylopsila kambuayai (Vogelkop Striped Possum)
Dasyurus geoffroi geoffroi (Chuditch ssp.)
Dasyurus maculatus bowlingi (King Island Quoll)
Dendrolagus mayri (Wondiwoi Tree-kangaroo)
Dendrolagus noibano (Tree-kangaroo sp.)
Dorcopsis sp. nov. (undescribed Forest-wallaby sp.)
Echymipera sp. nov. (undescribed Bandicoot sp.)
Lagorchestes asomatus (Central Hare-wallaby)
Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus (Rufous Hare-wallaby)
Lagorchestes leporides (Eastern Hare-wallaby)
Lagostrophus fasciatus baudinettei (Banded Hare-wallaby ssp.)
Macropus grayi (Toolache Wallaby)
Macrotus leucura (Lesser Bilby)
Myrmecobius fasciatus rufus (Eastern (Rusty) Numbat)
Onychogalea lunata (Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby)
Perameles bougainville fasciata (Eastern Barred Bandicoot)
Perameles eremiana (Desert Bandicoot)
Petauroides ayamaruensis (Ayaramu Greater Gliding Possum)
Phalanger matanim (Telefomin Cuscus)
Potorous platyops (Broad-faced Potoroo)
Potorous sp. nov. (St. Francis Island Potoroo)
Sminthopsis murina constricta (Slender-tailed Dunnart)
Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacine; Tasmanian Tiger)
Thylogale christenseni (Christensen's Pademelon)
Thylogale sp. nov. (undescribed Pademelon sp.)