Specimen Z 33669 Chaeropus yirratji Travouillon et al., 2019

• Taxon Name

  Chaeropus yirratji

• Author and date of publication

  Travouillon et al., 2019

• Type Status

  Paratype

• Preferred Common name

  Yirratji

• Other Common Names

  Pig-footed Bandicoot

• Identified By

  Dr Kenny Travouillon - Western Australian Museum

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Male

• Stage Or Age

  adult

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Medium: Ethanol 95%; Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Medium: Ethanol 95%

• Tissue Details

  Type: Liver, Preservative: Ethanol, Storage temperature: -196°C

• Tissue sampled from

  Museums Victoria specimen C 5858

• Expedition Name

  Spencer and Gillen Expedition 1901-1902

• Collected By

  W A McKenzie

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  DNA Laboratory

• Collecting Areas

  Tissue and DNA

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Mammalia

• Order

  Peramelemorphia

• Family

  Chaeropodidae

• Genus

  Chaeropus

• Species Name

  yirratji