- The
order Peramelemorphia /pɛrəmɛlɪˈmɔːrfiə/
includes the
bandicoots and bilbies. All
members of the
order are
endemic to Australia-New
Guinea and most...
-
order of
Australian marsupial mammals.
Members of this
order are
called peramelemorphs and
include bandicoots and bilbies. They are
found in
Australia and...
- and the word "bandicoot" is
often used
informally to
refer to any
peramelemorph, such as the bilby. The term
originally referred to the
unrelated Indian...
- the
subfamily Chaeropodinae. Here is a
summary of the
treatment as a
peramelemorph family:
Peramelemorphia Thylacomyidae Genus Macrotis Macrotis lagotis...
- The
lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura), also
known as the yallara, the
lesser rabbit-eared
bandicoot or the white-tailed rabbit-eared bandicoot, is an extinct...
- The
quenda (Isoodon fusciventer), also
known as the
southwestern brown bandicoot or
western brown bandicoot, is a
small marsupial species endemic to Southwest...
- The
Easter Bilby is an
Australian alternative to the
Easter Bunny and
chocolate bunnies.
Bilbies are
native Australian marsupials that are endangered....
-
weighs 1.2-4.5 kg.
Males are
generally larger than females. The
largest peramelemorph, the long-nosed
bandicoot (Perameles nasuta),
reaches a body length...
- The
southern pig-footed
bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus) was a
small species of
herbivorous marsupial in the
genus Chaeropus, the pig-footed bandicoots...
-
Crash bandicoot is an
extinct bandicoot,
known from
fossils located at the
Riversleigh World Heritage Area in
northeast Australia. The
primary etymology...
