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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scientific name	Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903
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Treatment

Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903 , 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 .