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FAMILY Thylacomyidae

Author:Bensley, 1903.
Citation:Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), ser.2, 9: 110.
Comments: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.
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GENUS Macrotis

SPECIES lagotis

SPECIES leucura

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