Peramelidae

Perameles nasuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Peramelemorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Peramelemorphia

Familia: Peramelidae
Subfamiliae (3): Echymiperinae – Peramelinae – Peroryctinae
Genus incertae sedis (1): †Crash

Name

Peramelidae Gray, 1825

Synonymy

• Peramelina Gray, 1825: 340 [original rank, as tribus of the family Didelphidae]
• Peramelidae: Waterhouse, 1841: 150 [subsequent rank, elevated to family]
• Peroryctidae Groves & Flannery, 1990: 1
• Peroryctinae: Kirsch, Springer & Lapointe, 1997: 245 [subsequent rank, reduced to subfamily]
• Echymiperinae McKenna & Bell, 1997: 57

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1825. An Outline of an Attempt at the Disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a List of the Genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy (ns) 10: 337–344. BHL Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. & Flannery, T.F. 1990. Revision of the families and genera of bandicoots. pp. 1–11 in Seebeck, J.H., Wallis, R.L., Brown, P.R. & Kemper, C.M. (eds.). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Surrey Beatty and Sons: Sydney. Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Groves, C.P. 1993. Peramelemorphia. Pp. 39–42 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• Kirsch, J.A.W., Springer, M.S. & Lapointe, F.-J. 1997. DNA-hybridisation Studies of Marsupials and their Implications for Metatherian Classification. Australian Journal of Zoology 45(3): 211–280. DOI: 10.1071/ZO96030 Reference page. 
• Westerman, M., Springer, M.S., Dixon, J. & Krajewski, C. 1999. Molecular Relationships of the Extinct Pig-Footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus (Marsupialia: Perameloidea) Using 12S rRNA Sequences. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 6: 271–288. DOI: 10.1023/A:1020565724799 Reference page. 
• Westerman, M. & Krajewski, C. 2000. Molecular relationships of the Australian bandicoot genera Isoodon and Perameles (Marsupialia: Peramelina). Australian Mammalogy 22(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.1071/AM00001 Reference page. 
• Westerman, M., Springer, M.S. & Krajewski, C. 2001. Molecular Relationships of the New Guinean Bandicoot Genera Microperoryctes and Echymipera (Marsupialia: Peramelina). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 8: 93–105. DOI: 10.1023/A:1011302314000 Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. 2005. Peramelemorphia. Pp. 38–42 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Pussimäyrät
italiano: Peramelidi
日本語: バンディクート科
Türkçe: Bandikutgiller

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