Perameles
| Long-nosed bandicoots | |
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| Perameles bougainville | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: |
Perameles É. Geoffroy, 1804 |
| Type species | |
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Perameles nasuta É. Geoffroy, 1804 |
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| Species | |
The long-nosed bandicoots (genus Perameles) are members of the order Peramelemorphia.
Perameles, or ‘pouched badger’, is a hybrid word, from the Greek pera (πήρα, ‘pouch, bag’) and the Latin (‘marten, badger’).
Extant species in this genus:
Extinct species in this genus:
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