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).