Family Peramelidae Gray, 1825 . Ann. Philos., n.s., 10:336.

SYNONYMS: Thylocomyidae.

COMMENTS: Includes the family Thylacomyidae; see Vaughan (1978:39) and Groves and Flannery (1990); but also see Archer and Kirsch (1977). Revised by Tate (1948b).