Peroryctes Thomas 1906 (bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Parent taxon: Peramelidae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Crash, Echymiperinae, Isoodon, Perameles, Peramelinae, Peroryctinae, Thylacis

Subtaxa: Peroryctes broadbenti Peroryctes raffrayana

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Grang Burn (Pliocene of Australia)

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