Genus Macrotis Reid, 1837

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• Macrotis Reid, J. 1837. Description of a new species of the genus Perameles (P. lagotis). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1836: 129-131 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [437]] [131] [proposed conditionally for subgeneric use; not preoccupied by Macrotis Dejean Cat. Coleopt. 1833, a nom. nud.].

  Type species:

   Perameles lagotis Reid, 1837 by monotypy.
• Thylacomys Blyth, E. 1840. Mammalia, Birds and Reptiles. pp. 38–288. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization; forming the basis for a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. vii 670 pp. [104] [Blyth used two spellings Thalacomys (p. 104) and Thylacomys (p. 107); Palmer, T.S. 1904. A list of the genera and families of mammals. [Index genera mammalium]. North American Fauna No. 23. Washington D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture 984 pp. cited both spellings and, of them, chose Thylacomys as the correct original spelling].

  Type species:

   Perameles lagotis Reid, 1837 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Palmer, T.S. 1904. A list of the genera and families of mammals. [Index genera mammalium]. North American Fauna No. 23. Washington D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture 984 pp.
• Paragalia Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [401].

  Type species:

   Perameles lagotis Reid, 1837 by monotypy.
• Peragalea Gould, J. 1845. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1. [pl. 47] [text to 12th pl of Pt 1 (=text to Vol. 1 pl 7)] [emendation of Paragalia Gray; Peragalea originally used by Gray as an incorrect subsequent spelling of Paragalia, but adopted by Gould as an emendation].
• Phalacomys Anon. 1854. Bandicoot. 382 in Knight, C. (ed.). The English Cyclopaedia. A new dictionary of universal knowledge conducted by Charles Knight. Natural History. London : Bradbury & Evans Vol. 1 viii 1135 pp. [382].

  Type species:

   Perameles lagotis Reid, 1837 by monotypy.
• Thalaconus Richardson, J., Dallas, W.S., Cobbold, T.S., Baird, W. & White, A. 1862. The Museum of Natural History; being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the animal kingdom: quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture. [1859–1862]. Glasgow : W. Mackenzie Vol. 1 vi 446 pp. 70 pls. [publication date established from Anon. 1913. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. IV. SP—SN. London : British Museum 1495–1956 pp. [1699]] [214].

  Type species:

   Perameles lagotis Reid, 1837 by monotypy.
• Peragale Lydekker, R. 1887. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road, S.W. Part V. containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata, and supplement. London : British Museum xxxv 345 pp. [256, footnote 5] [emendation of Paragalia Gray, 1841].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [19-20]
• Ride, W.D.L. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [43]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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