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.