Ceram Bandicoot

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iCeram Bandicoot
Conservation status
Data deficient (DD)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Peramelemorphia Family: Peramelidae Genus: Rhynchomeles Thomas, 1920 Species: R. prattorum
Binomial name
Rhynchomeles prattorum Thomas, 1920

The Ceram Bandicoot (Rhynchomeles prattorum), also known as the Ceram Island Long-nosed Bandicoot, is a member of the Peramelemorphia order.

[edit] References

• Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Rhynchomeles prattorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.