Bandicoots
Peramelidae
The Peramelidae family of marsupials contains all of the extant bandicoots. 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. Four fossil peramelids are described. They are found throughout Australia and New Guinea, with at least some species living in every available habitat, from rainforest to desert.
3 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Australian Bandicoots
subfamilyPeramelinae
Echymiperas and Mouse Bandicoots
subfamilyEchymiperinae
New Guinean Long-nosed Bandicoots
subfamilyPeroryctinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43280.