Order Peramelemorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 39 42 book chapter 193464 10.5281/zenodo.7353114 8d1421fa-4e70-45da-8652-b591228a07cf 1-56098-217-9 7353114 Perameles eremiana Spencer, 1897 . Proc. R. Soc. Victoria , 9 (n.s.):9 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , Northern Territory , Burt Plain (N of Alice Springs) . DISTRIBUTION: N South Australia , S Northern Territory , Great Victoria Desert ( Western Australia ). STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Extinct. COMMENTS: Possibly extinct; see Ride (1970:200) .