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POLYPROTODONTIA: THE BILBY, THE BANDICOOT AND THE THYLACINE

The clade Polyprotodontia is comprised of the bilbies and bandicoots, along with the extinct - and iconic - thylacine (a.k.a. the Tasmanian tiger). Also the Dasyurids, but they're treated elsewhere.

 
Peramelemorphia | Yaraloidea | Yaralidae
†Yarala spp.
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Thylacomyidae
†Ischnodon australis
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Thylacomyidae
†Liyamayi dayi
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Thylacomyidae
†Macrotis leucura
lesser bilby, yallara
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Thylacomyidae
Macrotis lagotis
greater bilby
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Crash bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles allinghamensis
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles bowensis
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles sobbei
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles eremiana
desert bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles fasciata
New South Wales barred bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles myosuros
southwestern barred bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles notina
southern barred bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
†Perameles papillon
Ooldea barred bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Perameles bougainville
western barred bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Perameles gunnii
eastern barred bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Perameles nasuta
long-nosed bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Isoodon auratus
golden bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Isoodon macrourus
northern brown bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Peramelinae
Isoodon obesulus
southern brown bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Echymipera rufescens
long-nosed spiny bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Echymipera clara
Clara's spiny bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Echymipera echinista
Menzies' spiny bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Echymipera kalubu
common spiny bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Echymipera davidi
David's spiny bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Microperoryctes murina
mouse bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Microperoryctes longicauda
western striped bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Microperoryctes aplini
Arfak pygmy bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Microperoryctes papuensis
Papuan bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peramelidae | Echymiperinae
Rhynchomeles prattorum
Seram bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Chaeropodidae
†Chaeropus baynesi
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Chaeropodidae
†Chaeropus ecaudatus
southern pig-footed bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Chaeropodidae
†Chaeropus yirratji
northern pig-footed bandicoot
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peroryctidae
†Peroryctes tedfordi
 
Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peroryctidae
Peroryctes broadbenti
giant bandicoot
 
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Peramelemorphia | Parameloidea | Peroryctidae
Peroryctes raffrayana
Raffray's bandicoot
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Badjcinus turnbulli
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Nimbacinus spp.
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Ngamalacinus timmulvaneyi
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Wabulacinus ridei
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Thylacinus macknessi
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Thylacinus potens
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Thylacnus megiriani
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Thylacinus yorkellus
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Thylacinus cynocephalus
Tasmanian tiger, thylacine
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Maximucinus muirheadae
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Muribacinus gadiyuli
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Mutpuracinus archibaldi
 
Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae
†Tyarrpecinus rothi
 
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Dasyuromorphia | Myrmecobiidae
Myrmecobius fasciatus
numbat, walpurti
 
Dasyuromorphia | Malleodectidae
†Malleodectes mirabilis
 
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DASYURIDAE
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DIPROTODONTIA
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