Perovskite complex oxide and catalyst

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A perovskite complex oxide is provided whose ratio of thermogravimetric weight decrease between 50° C. and 180° C. to thermogravimetric weight decrease between 50° C. and 1000° C. is not less than 30% and which contains, for example, one or more rare earth element species and one or more transition metal elements. Among perovskite complex oxides represented by structural formula RTO3, ones in which R is constituted by one or more rare earth element species and T is constituted by one or more transition metal elements, and ones in which R is constituted by one or more rare earth element species and one or more members selected from the group comprising alkali metal elements and alkali earth metal elements and T is constituted by one or more transition metal elements are excellent for use. A “rare earth element species” is defined as a member of the group of elements obtained by adding Y to the rare earth elements. The perovskite complex oxide is an excellent carrier for a vehicle exhaust gas purification catalyst that imparts catalytic activity in the low-temperature region.