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Post by Melanie on May 21, 2005 20:56:53 GMT
Perameles eremiana was endemic to Australia. The species was last collected in 1943.
The species was associated with spinifex grassland areas.
Population decline was a result of human modification of the habitat (clearing of the natural vegetation and other modifications), inadvertent destruction through efforts to control pest species (poisoning and trapping of rabbits), and introduced predators such as cats, dogs and foxes. Changed burning regimes have also been blamed for species losses in inland arid areas of Australia – the gradual patchwork burning by aboriginal people was replaced by intensive, "lightening-caused" wildfires which destroyed habitat diversity.
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Post by another specialist on May 21, 2005 21:07:50 GMT
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Post by sebbe67 on Nov 2, 2005 21:40:04 GMT
This species has not been collected since 1943 when one specimen was taken in Western Australia.
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Post by sebbe67 on Nov 2, 2005 21:40:58 GMT
Status: Endangered (Presumed Extinct)
Listed: June 4, 1973
Family: Peramelidae (Bandicoots)
Description: Pelage is brown to dull orange with white underparts. A darker stripe runs between the ears and down the length of the back and tail.
Habitat: Arid, grassy regions.
Food: Insects, fruits, and small mammals.
Reproduction: Two, sometimes three, young.
Threats: Habitat destruction and predation.
Range: Australia
Description
The desert bandicoot, Perameles eremiana, has a head-and-body length of 8-12 inches; the tail is about half the length of the body. The pelage is brown to dull orange with white underparts. A darker stripe runs between the ears and down the length of the back and tail. Two rump bands run perpendicular to the back stripe. It has long ears and hairy feet.
P. eremiana is very similar to P. bougainville and they may be the same species. Because of its color variations, P. eremiana is also referred to as the orange-back bandicoot.
Behavior
The desert bandicoot feeds on insects--including termites, ants, and beetle larvae--vegetables, seeds, and roots for which it forages at night by digging or hunting.
It constructs grass nests in shallow, oval depressions. Two, sometimes three, young are produced.
Habitat
This species inhabits sand plains and sand-ridge desert with spinifex grassland and tussock flats. The preferred vegetation is spinifex growing in arid regions and having spiny leaves and seeds.
Distribution
The type specimen was collected near Charlotte Waters in the Northern Territory. It may also have occurred in Western Australia near Canning Stock Route. It was apparently common in the Northern Territory as far north as the Tanami Desert. It has not been reported since 1943 and is assumed to be extinct.
Threats
The introduction of foxes into the bandicoots' range would have contributed to the decline of some populations, but the most likely cause of decline is associated with the changes in habitat. When the Aborigines occupied the Tanami Desert, they cleared land with periodic fires, which helped the desert bandicoot. When the Aborigines left this habitat, the desert bandicoot declined over a 20-year period from 1940 to 1960.
Conservation and Recovery
Should this species be located, conservation efforts would be focused on establishing a suitable habitat and protecting individuals from natural predators.
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Post by another specialist on Nov 2, 2005 23:27:41 GMT
Red List Category & Criteria EX ver 2.3 (1994) Year Assessed 1996 Assessor/s Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group Justification This species has not been collected since 1943 when one specimen was taken in Western Australia. History 1982 - Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982) 1986 - Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986) 1988 - Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) 1990 - Extinct (IUCN 1990) 1994 - Extinct (Groombridge 1994) Range and Population Perameles eremiana was endemic to Australia. The species was last collected in 1943. Habitat and Ecology The species was associated with spinifex grassland areas. Threats Population decline was a result of human modification of the habitat (clearing of the natural vegetation and other modifications), inadvertent destruction through efforts to control pest species (poisoning and trapping of rabbits), and introduced predators such as cats, dogs and foxes. Changed burning regimes have also been blamed for species losses in inland arid areas of Australia – the gradual patchwork burning by aboriginal people was replaced by intensive, "lightening-caused" wildfires which destroyed habitat diversity. www.redlist.org/search/details.php?species=16570 |
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Post by Melanie on Nov 2, 2005 23:53:08 GMT
The Desert Bandicoot (Parameles eremiana) was a small bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The last known specimen was collected in 1943 on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia. It is presumed extinct. It was about 180–285 mm long, with a tail of around 100 mm, with long, semi-pointed ears, noticeably hairy soles on the hind feet, and (at least in some areas) a dull orange colour on the sides and back rather than the usual bandicoot brown. Its diet is not known with certainty, but has been reported to include ants, beetle larvae, and termites. The first specimens, from the Alice Springs area, were described in 1897. It appears to have been common in the remote north-west of South Australia, the south-west of the Northern Territory, and the central part of Western Australia at least until the 1930s. Unconfirmed reports suggest that its range may have extended to the Tanami Desert and the arid Western Australian coast between Broome and Port Hedland. Favoured habitat was sandy desert with spinifex and other tussock grasses. It appears to have disappeared between about 1940 and 1960. While the cause of its decline remains uncertain, it is thought to be related to the changed burning regimes that followed the removal of Aboriginal people from the central Australian deserts. Another factor may have been the arrival of the introduced Red Fox. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Bandicoot |
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Post by sebbe67 on Nov 3, 2005 9:24:16 GMT
Common Name : Desert Bandicoot
Scientific Name : Perameles eremiana
Habitat :
Sandridge deserts with Triodia tussocks in central Australia.
Diet :
Eats termites, ants and beetle lavae.
Size :
It is about 400mm but the tail is about 130mm of this.
Danger :
This animal has not been recorded since 1943 but Aborigines have reported seeing it in the 1960s.
It was hunted by miners for food.
Foxes and rabbits caused lots to die.
Their habitat was damaged by fires and farms.
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Post by another specialist on Nov 3, 2005 20:11:21 GMT
what was your source sebbe67?
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Post by another specialist on Nov 8, 2005 15:55:08 GMT
Desert Bandicoot The Desert Bandicoots live in arid and sandy areas. Although scientifically known as Perameles eremiana, it is also commonly known as Orange-backed Bandicoot, Mugaruquirra, Iwurra and Walilya. Like other bandicoots, the Desert Bandicoot is nocturnal, making it active at night time, and resting during the day in a nest made in a shallow hole in the ground lined with grass and twigs. www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/orig/extinctions/stockjnl.htm |
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Post by another specialist on Jan 30, 2007 7:45:55 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Sept 14, 2007 10:31:45 GMT
THREATENED SPECIES OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY DESERT BANDICOOT Perameles eremiana Conservation status Australia: Extinct. Northern Territory: Extinct. Description The desert bandicoot was a small to medium-sized (body mass about 250 g) species, similar in appearance to the barred bandicoots. It was generally orange-brown above and white below, with one or two dark bands on the hindquarters. Distribution The desert bandicoot formerly occurred in southeast Northern Territory, northeast South Australia and across north central Western Australia. In the NT, it extended as far north as the Tanami desert (Johnson and Southgate 1990). Conservation reserves where reported: None (although it formerly occurred in areas that are now included within Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park and West MacDonnell National Park). Ecology The desert bandicoot occupied sand plain and dune environments that supported either hummock or tussock grassland (Burbidge et al. 1988). Conservation assessment The last specimen was obtained in 1943 and it appears to have become extinct in the Northern Territory during the 1960s, following a broad-scale decline extending over at least the previous 50 years (Finlayson 1961; Parker 1973; Burbidge et al. 1988; Johnson and Southgate 1990). Threatening processes The decline and extinction of the desert bandicoot is attributed to a range of factors including predation by cats and foxes, and habitat alteration due to the impacts of exotic herbivores and to changed fire regimes. Conservation objectives and management The species is presumed extinct. No conservation management plan can offer further help. www.nt.gov.au/nreta/wildlife/animals/threatened/pdf/mammals/desert_bandicoot_ex.pdf |
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Post by another specialist on Jan 6, 2008 20:56:38 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jul 9, 2008 16:29:44 GMT
Perameles eremiana Author: Spencer, 1897. Citation: Proc. R. Soc. Victoria, n.s., 9: 9. Common Name: Desert Bandicoot Type Locality: Australia, Northern Territory, Burt Plain (N of Alice Springs). Distribution: N South Australia, S Northern Territory, Great Victoria Desert (Western Australia). Status: U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Extinct. Comments: Possibly extinct; see Ride (1970:200). www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=10900024 |
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Post by another specialist on Oct 11, 2008 9:41:08 GMT
Taxonomy [top] Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA PERAMELEMORPHIA PERAMELIDAE Scientific Name: Perameles eremiana Species Authority Geoffroy, 1803 Infra-specific Authority: Spencer, 1897 Common Name/s: English – Desert Bandicoot French – Péramèle Du Désert Assessment Information [top] Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2008 Assessor/s Burbidge, A., Johnson, K. & Aplin, K. Evaluator/s: Lamoreux, J. & Hilton-Taylor, C. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) Justification: Listed as Extinct because this species has not been collected since 1943 when one specimen was taken in Western Australia. History: 1996 – Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) 1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994) 1990 – Extinct (IUCN 1990) 1988 – Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) 1986 – Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986) 1982 – Extinct (Thornback and Jenkins 1982) Geographic Range [top] Range Description: This species was endemic to western and central Australia. It was last collected in 1943. Aboriginal history indicates survival into the 1950s and perhaps the early 1960s (Burbidge et al. 1988). Countries: Regionally extinct: Australia Population [top] Population: It is presumed to be extinct. Habitat and Ecology [top] Habitat and Ecology: The species was associated with spinifex grassland areas in arid, sandy areas. Systems: Terrestrial Threats [top] Major Threat(s): Its population decline was probably due to introduced predators: cats and foxes. Changes to the fire regime have also been blamed for species losses in inland arid areas of Australia – the gradual patchwork burning by aboriginal people was replaced by intensive "lightening-caused" wildfires which destroyed habitat diversity. Rabbits also likely had a major impact on its habitat. Conservation Actions [top] Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures pertaining to this species. www.iucnredlist.org/details/16570 |
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