Ceram Bandicoot

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Ceram Bandicoot[1]
Conservation status
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

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in 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. 
  2. ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Rhynchomeles prattorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-05-12.