Echymiperas and Mouse Bandicoots
Echymiperinae
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.
3 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 11 known species
New Guinean Spiny Bandicoots
genusEchymipera
New Guinean Mouse Bandicoots
genusMicroperoryctes
Rhynchomeles
genusRhynchomeles
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 846239.