Shark Bay Bandicoot
Perameles bougainville
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Peramelemorphia
- Family
- Peramelidae
Le Bandicoot de Bougainville (Perameles bougainville) est un petit marsupial au pelage gris-brun virant au blanc sous le ventre et sur les pattes. Cette espèce australienne est aujourd'hui en grand danger de disparition. Les causes en sont multiples : prédation par des animaux introduits par l'homme comme les renards et les chats, concurrence des lapins introduits eux aussi, raréfaction de son habitat et feux de broussailles.
The western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), also known as the Shark Bay bandicoot or the marl, is a small species of bandicoot which was once widespread in arid and semi-arid areas of southern Australia. Now extinct across most of its former range, the western barred bandicoot became restricted to Bernier and Dorre islands in the early 20th century. Successful reintroduction programs have taken place since the beginning of the 21st century, and as of 2025, it is resident on four islands in Shark Bay and six fenced reserves on the mainland: one in Western Australia, two in South…
Perameles bougainville, conocido como tejón marsupial rayado, es una especie de marsupial peramelemorfo de la familia Peramelidae. Hace años se distribuía por todo el sur de Australia, desde Australia Occidental hasta Nueva Gales del Sur, pero ahora ha quedado confinada a las islas de Bernier, Dorre y Faure en Shark Bay (Australia Occidental). Referencias Enlaces externos Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Perameles bougainville.
Distribution
More from the same family

Common Echymipera
Echymipera kalubu
Peramelidae
Long-nosed Echymipera
Echymipera rufescens
Peramelidae
Golden Bandicoot
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Peramelidae
Western Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon fusciventer
Peramelidae
Northern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon macrourus
Peramelidae
Southern Brown Bandicoot
Isoodon obesulus
Peramelidae
Long-tailed Bandicoot
Microperoryctes longicauda
Peramelidae
Desert Bandicoot
Perameles eremiana
Peramelidae