Madju

Madju; Temporal range: Chattian–Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Superfamily:	†Perameloidea
Genus:	†Madju; Travouillon et al., 2014
Type species
	Madju variae; Travouillon et al., 2014
Other species
	Madju encorensis Travouillon et al., 2014

Madju is an extinct genus of peramelemorphian marsupial that lived in Australia from the Chattian to the Tortonian stages of the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.

Etymology

The generic name Madju is derived from a Waanyi word meaning "sister", referencing the similarity of the genus to recent bandicoots. The specific epithet of the type species of the genus, Madju variae, derives from the Latin word varius, meaning variable and referencing the sexually dimorphic nature of the species. The specific epithet of the species Madju encorensis is named after the Encore Site, the type locality of the species.

References

↑ Travouillon, Kenny J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne Joan; Muirhead, Jeanette (4 September 2014). "Sexually Dimorphic Bandicoots (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) From the Oligo-Miocene of Australia, First Cranial Ontogeny for Fossil Bandicoots and New Species Descriptions". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 22 (2): 141–167. doi:10.1007/s10914-014-9271-8. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 23 August 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] Travouillon, Kenny J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne Joan; Muirhead, Jeanette (4 September 2014). "Sexually Dimorphic Bandicoots (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) From the Oligo-Miocene of Australia, First Cranial Ontogeny for Fossil Bandicoots and New Species Descriptions". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 22 (2): 141–167. doi:10.1007/s10914-014-9271-8. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 23 August 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.