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'


★ Subfamily Peramelinae



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




Golden Bandicoot, ''Isoodon auratus''




Northern Brown Bandicoot, ''Isoodon macrourus''




Southern Brown Bandicoot, ''Isoodon obesulus''




★ ''Ischnodon australis'' (fossil)



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




Western Barred Bandicoot, ''Perameles bougainville''




Eastern Barred Bandicoot, ''Perameles gunnii''




Long-nosed Bandicoot, ''Perameles nasuta''




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




★ ''Perameles allinghamensis'' (fossil)




★ ''Perameles bowensis'' (fossil)


★ Subfamily Peroryctinae



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




Giant Bandicoot, ''Peroryctes broadbenti''




Raffray's Bandicoot, ''Peroryctes raffrayana''




★ ''Peroryctes tedfordi'' (fossil)


★ Subfamily Echymiperinae



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




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




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




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




Common Spiny Bandicoot, ''Echymipera kaluba''




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



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




Mouse Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes murina''




Eastern Striped Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes ornata''




Western Striped Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes longicauda''




Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes aplini''




Papuan Bandicoot, ''Microperoryctes papuensis''



★ Genus ''Rhynchomeles''




Ceram Bandicoot, ''Rhynchomeles prattorum''

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