Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Peramelemorphia Scientific name Perameles allinghamensis | Phylum Chordata Infraclass Marsupialia Family Peramelidae Rank Species | |
Similar David's echymipera, Papuan bandicoot, Arfak pygmy bandicoot, Striped bandicoot, Clara's echymipera | ||
The Bluff Downs bandicoot (Perameles allinghamensis) is a small extinct bandicoot that lived in Australia 4 million years ago in the Pliocene period. It was discovered at the Bluff Downs fossil site in northern Queensland. Its diet probably consisted of insects and soft roots dug for with its front claws.
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