Western barred bandicoot
| Western barred bandicoot | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Perameles |
| Species: | P. bougainville |
| Binomial name | |
| Perameles bougainville | |
| Western barred bandicoot range (red—native; pink—reintroduced) | |
The Western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville), also known as the Shark Bay bandicoot or the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot; now extinct across most of its former range, the western barred bandicoot only survives on offshore islands and in fenced sanctuaries on the mainland.