Australian Museum Journal Skull and tooth variation in the genus Perameles. Part 3: metrical features of P. gunnii and P. bougainville
- Shortform:
- Freedman and Joffe, 1967, Rec. Aust. Mus. 27(10): 197–212
- Author(s):
- Freedman, L.; Joffe, A. D.
- Year published:
- 1967
- Title:
- Skull and tooth variation in the genus Perameles. Part 3: metrical features of P. gunnii and P. bougainville
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 10
- Start page:
- 197
- End page:
- 212
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.27.1967.517
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plates 32–34
- Date published:
- 21 July 1967
- Cover date:
- 21 July 1967
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- MAMMALIA: MARSUPIALIA
- Digitized:
- 09 December 2008
- Available online:
- 03 March 2009
- Reference number:
- 517
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (113kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1673kb PDF)
Abstract
This paper is concerned with the intraspecific variation of the metrical features of the skull and teeth in the long-nosed bandicoot species Perameles gunnii and Perameles bougainville. Part 1 of the study (Freedman, 1967) listed the numbers of specimens and the source and localities of the material used and reviewed the taxonomy of the genus. A description of the anatomy of the skull and teeth of P. nasuta was also given and some of the anatomical differences found in P. gunnii and P. bougainville were discussed. Part 2 (Freedman and Joffe, 1967) described the system of measurements and ageing and sexing criteria used in the study and analysed the sex and locality variations in the metrical features of the skull and teeth of Perameles nasuta.