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Peramelidae Gray 1825

Description

Peramelidae Gray 1825

Peramelidae Gray 1825, Ann. Philos., n. s., 10: 336.

Genera: 6 genera with 18 species in 3 subfamilies:

Subfamily Peramelinae Gray 1825

Genus Isoodon Desmarest 1817 (3 species with 7 subspecies)

Genus Perameles E. Geoffroy 1804 (4 species)

Subfamily Peroryctinae Groves and Flannery 1990

Genus Peroryctes Thomas 1906 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Subfamily Echymiperinae McKenna and Bell 1997

Genus Echymipera Lesson 1842 (5 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Microperoryctes Stein 1932 (3 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Rhynchomeles Thomas 1920 (1 species)

Discussion: Formerly considered to include the family Thylacomyidae; see Vaughan (1978:39) and Groves and Flannery (1990); but also see Archer and Kirsch (1977). Revised by Tate (1948 b). Divided by McKenna and Bell (1997) into two families: Peramelidae, with two subfamilies, Chaeropodinae (for Chaeropus and Macrotis) and Peramelinae; and Peroryctidae, with two subfamilies, Peroryctinae and Echymiperinae. Molecular data (Westerman et al., 1999, 2001) do not support the monophyly of Chaeropodinae in the sense of McKenna and Bell (1997), show that Chaeropus is very distinct from other bandicoots, and do not support the monophyly of Peroryctidae.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, pp. 38-42 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Peramelemorphia
Family
Peramelidae
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Peramelidae Gray, 1825 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Gray, J. E. 1825. Outline of an attempt at the disposition of the Mammalia into tribes and families with a list of the genera apparently appertaining to each tribe. Annals of Philosophy, n. s., ser. 2, 10: 337 - 344.
  • Groves, C. P., and T. F. Flannery. 1990. Revision of the families and genera of bandicoots. Pp. 1 - 11, in Bandicoots and bilbies (J. H. Seebeck, R. L. Wallis, P. R. Brown, and C. M. Kemper, eds.). Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 392 pp.
  • McKenna, M. C., and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of mammals above the species level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp.
  • Vaughan, T. A. 1978. Mammalogy. Second ed. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 522 pp.
  • Archer, M., and J. A. W. Kirsch. 1977. The case for the Thylacomyidae and Myrmecobiidae, Gill, 1872, or why are marsupial families so extended. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 102: 18 - 25.
  • Tate, G. H. H. 1948 b. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No 60. Studies in the Peramelidae (Marsupialia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 92: 317 - 346.
  • Westerman, M., M. S. Springer, J. Dixon, and C. Krajewski. 1999. Molecular relationships of the extinct pig-footed bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus (Marsupialia: Perameloidea) using 12 S rRNA sequences. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 6: 271 - 288.