Peramelidae

Peramelidae Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
An eastern barred bandicoot
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae Gray, 1825
Type genus
Perameles Geoffroy, 1804
Subfamilies and genera
Peramelinae Isoodon Perameles Crash† Peroryctinae Peroryctes Echymiperinae Echymipera Microperoryctes Rhynchomeles

The marsupial family Peramelidae contains the extant bandicoots. They are found throughout Australia and New Guinea, with at least some species living in every available habitat, from rainforest to desert. Four fossil peramelids are described. One known extinct species of bandicoot, the pig-footed bandicoot, was so different from the other species, it was recently moved into its own family.