Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903

Thylacomyidae Bensley 1903, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.), ser. 2, 9: 110.

Genera: 1 genus with 2 species:

Genus Macrotis Reid 1836 (2 species)

Discussion: 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 .