Desert bandicoot

The Desert Long bandicoot ( Perameles eremiana ) is an extinct marsupial from the family of bandicoots.

Features

The Desert Long bandicoot reached a head-body length of 180-285 mm, a tail length of 77-135 mm and a weight of about 250 g He saw the strips long bandicoot ( Perameles Bougainville ) similar. The face, flanks and rump were reddish -orange. The rump showed one or two dark stripes. The underside was white. The tail was darker at the top, relatively longer and more tapered towards the end.

Occurrence

The Desert Long bandicoot originally came in southeastern South Australia, in the north-central Western Australia and the Northern Territory to the Tanamiwüste ago.

Habitat and behavior

About the way of life nothing is known, but it was probably the other bandicoot similar. The Desert Long bandicoot inhabited sandy plains and sand dunes, hummock or tussock.

Extinction

The last clear evidence dates from 1943, when a specimen was collected on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia. Presumably, the species has survived into the 1960s. Possible Aussterbeursachen were the predation by foxes and feral cats as well as habitat loss by rabbits and by changes in the strength of the occurrence and frequency of fires ( fire regimes ).