Echymipera Lesson 1842

Echymipera Lesson 1842, Nouv. Tabl. Regn. Anim. Mammiferes: 192.

Type Species: Perameles kalubu Fischer 1829

Synonyms: Peramelopsis Heude 1896; Suillomeles Allen and Barbour 1909 .

Species and subspecies: 5 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Echymipera clara Stein 1932

Species Echymipera davidi Flannery 1990

Species Echymipera echinista Menzies 1990

Species Echymipera kalubu (Fischer 1829)

Subspecies Echymipera kalubu subsp. kalubu Fischer 1829

Subspecies Echymipera kalubu subsp. cockerelli Ramsay 1877

Subspecies Echymipera kalubu subsp. oriomo Tate and Archbold 1936

Subspecies Echymipera kalubu subsp. philipi Troughton 1954

Species Echymipera rufescens Peters and Doria 1875

Subspecies Echymipera rufescens subsp. rufescens Peters and Doria 1875

Subspecies Echymipera rufescens subsp. australis Tate 1948

Discussion: See Groves and Flannery (1990).