Perameles bowensis
Extinct species of marsupial
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Perameles bowensis is an extinct Pliocene-aged species of bandicoot. Fossils have been found in the Wellington Caves of New South Wales.[1] The bandicoot was about 20 centimeters long.[2] It is believed to have gone extinct in the Late Pliocene.
| Perameles bowensis Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Perameles |
| Species: | P. bowensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perameles bowensis Muirhead, Dawson, and Archer 1997 | |
It is probably most closely related to P. sobbei, a Pleistocene-aged bandicoot from Queensland.[2][3][4]