Macrotis Reid 1836

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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Macrotis Reid 1836

Macrotis Reid 1836 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 131.

Type Species: Perameles lagotis Reid 1837

Synonyms: Paragalia Gray 1841 ; Peragale Lydekker 1887 ; Phalacomys Anon. 1854 ; Thalaconus Richardson, Dallas, Cobbold, Baird and White 1862 ; Thylacomys Blyth 1840 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Macrotis lagotis Reid 1836

Species Macrotis leucura Thomas 1887

Discussion: Not preoccupied by Macrotis Dejean, 1833 , a nomen nudum ( Troughton, 1932 b). Archer and Kirsch (1977) placed Macrotis (including its junior synonym Thylacomys ) in a separate family (the name available being Thylacomyidae ), rather than in Peramelidae . Groves and Flannery (1990) placed Macrotis back in Peramelidae .