Perameles nasuta (small mammal)

Mass: 992 g based on Thums et al. 2003

Abundance: 0.06 to 12.50% (median 0.84%)

Latitudinal range: -37.3° to -16.8°

Habitats: (9), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5)

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Found in 20 samples

Australia: Black Mountain Road (narrow road-clearing sites), Black Mountain Road (wide road-clearing sites), Danbulla National Park (Site A), Brunswick Heads Bypass, Southern Atherton Tableland, Dinner Creek, Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve, Davies Creek (mammals, early wet season), Davies Creek (mammals, early dry season), Davies Creek (mammals, late dry season), Jervis Bay (ground-based Elliott traps), Bomaderry Creek (Level 1) (Holocene), Bomaderry Creek (Level 2) (Holocene), Bomaderry Creek (Level 3) (Holocene), QML1396 (Horizon D) (Late Pleistocene), QML796 (Horizon A1) (Late Pleistocene), QML796 (Horizon A4) (Late Pleistocene), QML796 (Horizon A7) (Late Pleistocene), Wee Jasper 99 (Pleistocene - Holocene), Cement Mills, Gore (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass864.1 gN = 8Thums et al. 2003
♀ body mass823.2 gN = 7Thums et al. 2003
♀ body mass935.0 gN = 5Thums et al. 2003
♀ body mass962.5 gN = 6Thums et al. 2003
♂ body mass1037.0 kgN = 2Thums et al. 2003
♂ body mass1037.5 kgN = 3Thums et al. 2003
♂ body mass1325.0 kgN = 5Thums et al. 2003
♂ body mass1350.0 kgN = 4Thums et al. 2003

See also Perameles, Perameles bougainville, Perameles gunnii, Perameles sobbei, Perameles sp.