Peramelemorphia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Peramelemorphia Temporal range: Oligocene – Recent
a short-nosed bandicoot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia Kirsch, 1968
Families
Chaeropodidae Gill, 1872 Peramelidae Gray, 1825 Thylacomyidae Bensley, 1903 Yaralidae Muirhead & Filan, 1995 (†)

The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies. They are small marsupial omnivores. This order of mammals consists of some lesser known marsupials. They are native to New Guinea and Australia.

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In Spanish: Perameleformes para niños