Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Peramelemorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 38-42 : 38

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11343438
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scientific name	Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903
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Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903 View in CoL

Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903 View in CoL , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), ser. 2, 9: 110.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Macrotis Reid 1836 (2 species)

Discussion: Included in the family Peramelidae by Vaughan (1978:39) and Groves and Flannery (1990); but more distinct than Peroryctidae according to Kirsch et al. (1997). McKenna and Bell (1997) included it in family Peramelidae , subfamily Chaeropodinae , with Chaeropus .

References

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.

Kirsch, J. A. W., F. - J. Lapointe, and M. S. Springer. 1997. DNA-hybridisation studies of marsupials and their implications for Metatherian classification. Australian Journal of Zoology, 45: 211 - 280.

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.