Desert bandicoot
Perameles eremiana Spencer, 1897
EXExtinctmarsupialsExtinct
The desert bandicoot (Perameles eremiana) is a species in the family Peramelidae, order Peramelemorphia. Recorded adults weigh about 500 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Extinct.
Quick facts about the desert bandicoot
- Weight
- 500 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Extinct (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the desert bandicoot live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The desert bandicoot is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the desert bandicoot?
The desert bandicoot (Perameles eremiana) is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia.
From the Wikipedia article “Desert bandicoot” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desert_bandicoot&oldid=1330791217), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the desert bandicoot endangered?
The desert bandicoot is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List: it no living individuals remain.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Extinct species. What the categories mean.
How is the desert bandicoot classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderPeramelemorphia
- familyPeramelidae
- genusPerameles
- SpeciesPerameles eremiana Spencer, 1897
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Orange-backed bandicootEnglish
- bandikut pouštníCzech
- Wüsten-LangnasenbeutlerGerman
- WüstenlangnasenbeutlerGerman
- aavikkopusseliFinnish
- Péramèle Du DésertFrench
- カタアカバンディクート<!--絶滅野生動物事典 2020 p.501-->Japanese
- ØrkenpunggrevlingNorwegian Bokmål
- WoestijnbuideldasDutch
- jamraj pustynnyPolish
- Пустынный бандикутRussian
Relatives of the desert bandicoot
Other species in the same genus Perameles.
Eastern barred bandicoot
Perameles gunnii
Long-nosed bandicoot
Perameles nasuta
Western barred bandicoot
Perameles bougainville
Ooldea barred bandicoot
Perameles papillon
Southwestern barred bandicoot
Perameles myosuros
CompareDesert bandicoot vs Eastern barred bandicootDesert bandicoot vs Long-nosed bandicootDesert bandicoot vs Western barred bandicootDesert bandicoot vs Ooldea barred bandicoot
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the desert bandicoot?
An adult desert bandicoot weighs 500 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the desert bandicoot live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the desert bandicoot for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the desert bandicoot endangered?
The desert bandicoot is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List, meaning it no living individuals remain.
What kind of animal is the desert bandicoot?
The desert bandicoot (Perameles eremiana) belongs to the family Peramelidae in the order Peramelemorphia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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