PERAMELIDAE

'Peramelidae' is the family of marsupials that contains all of the extant bandicoots. One known extinct species of bandicoot, the Pig-footed Bandicoot, was so different than the other species that it was recently moved into its own family. There are four described fossil Peramelidae.

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Classification

★ 'Family Peramelidae'

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★ Subfamily Peramelinae

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★ Genus ''Isoodon'': short-nosed bandicoots

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★ Golden Bandicoot, ''Isoodon auratus''

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★ Northern Brown Bandicoot, ''Isoodon macrourus''

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★ Southern Brown Bandicoot, ''Isoodon obesulus''

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★ ''Ischnodon australis'' (fossil)

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★ Genus ''Perameles'': long-nosed bandicoots

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★ Western Barred Bandicoot, ''Perameles bougainville''

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★ Eastern Barred Bandicoot, ''Perameles gunnii''

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★ Long-nosed Bandicoot, ''Perameles nasuta''

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★ Desert Bandicoot, ''Perameles eremiana'' (extinct)

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★ ''Perameles allinghamensis'' (fossil)

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★ ''Perameles bowensis'' (fossil)

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★ Subfamily Peroryctinae

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★ Genus ''Peroryctes'': New Guinean long-nosed bandicoots

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★ Giant Bandicoot, ''Peroryctes broadbenti''

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★ Raffray's Bandicoot, ''Peroryctes raffrayana''

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★ ''Peroryctes tedfordi'' (fossil)

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★ Subfamily Echymiperinae

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★ Genus ''Echymipera'': New Guinean spiny bandicoots

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★ Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera rufescens''

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★ Clara's Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera clara''

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★ Menzie's Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera echinista''

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★ Common Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera kaluba''

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★ David's Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera davidi''

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★ Genus ''Microperoryctes'' : New Guinean mouse bandicoots

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★ Mouse Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes murina''

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★ Eastern Striped Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes ornata''

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★ Western Striped Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes longicauda''

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★ Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes aplini''

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★ Papuan Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes papuensis''

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★ Genus ''Rhynchomeles''

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★ Ceram Bandicoot, ''Rhynchomeles prattorum''

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