Title
A review of Peroryctes broadbenti, the giant bandicoot of Papua New Guinea
Title Variants
Alternative:
Giant bandicoot
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3696
By
Aplin, K. P. (Kenneth Peter), 1958-
Helgen, Kristofer M.
Lunde, Darrin P.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
[New York], American Museum of Natural History, c2010
Notes
Caption title.
"September 14, 2010."
The giant bandicoot, Peroryctes broadbenti (Ramsay, 1879), is represented in museum collections by 23 specimens collected at 12 localities in the lowlands of the southeastern peninsula (the "Papuan Peninsula") of Papua New Guinea. Available data on P. broadbenti are reviewed, including its comparative anatomy and morphological variability, taxonomic relationships, geographic and elevational distribution, dietary and reproductive traits, and conservation status. Despite previous confusion between this species and P. raffrayana (Milne-Edwards, 1878), the two species are readily distinguished by a suite of external, cranial, and dental characters. Diagnostic characters are enumerated and illustrated, and comparisons drawn with other New Guinean bandicoots. Generic distinction of Peroryctes Thomas, 1906, in cranial morphology from other New Guinean bandicoots is also reviewed. A striking degree of sexual dimorphism is documented in both body size and dentition for P. broadbenti; these comparisons are set in context by a review of sexual dimorphism among bandicoots in general.
Subjects
Classification
,
Mammals
,
Papua New Guinea
,
Peramelemorphia
,
Peroryctes broadbenti
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3696 2010
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
664027809
Find in a local library