Peramelemorphia Ameghino 1889

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

Peramelemorphia Ameghino 1889

Families: 3 families with 8 genera and 21 species:

Family Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903 (1 genus with 2 species)

Family Chaeropodidae Gill 1872 (1 genus with 1 species)

Family Peramelidae Gray 1825 (6 genera with 18 species and 18 subspecies)

Discussion: Recognized as an order by Aplin and Archer (1987) who proposed a new syncretic classification of the marsupials. McKenna and Bell (1997) used the name Peramelia.