Abundance: 0.12 to 12.50% (median 2.13%)

Latitudinal range: -43.1° to -16.8°

Habitats: (30), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (5)

Found in 42 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, Franklin, Davies Creek (mammals, early wet season), Davies Creek (mammals, early dry season), Davies Creek (mammals, late dry season), Grant Hall (Layer 1), Grant Hall (Layer 2), Grant Hall (Layer 3), Jervis Bay (ground-based Elliott traps), Bomaderry Creek (Level 1), Bomaderry Creek (Level 2), Bomaderry Creek (Level 3), QML1396 (Horizon D), QML796 (Horizon A1), QML796 (Horizon A4), QML796 (Horizon A7), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit B), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit C), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit D), Grant Hall Square G7 (Unit E), Wee Jasper 99, Cement Mills, Gore, Kelly Hill Cave (K1–P2) - Layer 8, Noala Cave, Amphitheatre Cave, McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave (G-49), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit J), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit H), Tight Entrance Cave (Units E-G), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit E*), Tight Entrance Cave (Unit D), Kudjal Yolgah Cave (Unit 7), Kudjal Yolgah Cave (Unit 6), Kudjal Yolgah Cave (Unit 1), Mammoth Cave, Blanche Cave (Third Chamber)

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