Perameles É. Geoffroy, 1804 . Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 4:56.

TYPE SPECIES: Perameles nasuta E. Geoffroy, 1804 .

SYNONYMS: Thylacis .

COMMENTS: Perameles was also used by Geoffroy, 1804, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 3(80):249.