Order Peramelemorphia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 39 42 book chapter 193464 10.5281/zenodo.7353114 8d1421fa-4e70-45da-8652-b591228a07cf 1-56098-217-9 7353114 Isoodon Desmarest, 1817 . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 16:409 . TYPE SPECIES: Didelphis obesula Shaw, 1797 . SYNONYMS: Thylacis . COMMENTS: Includes Thylacis of Haltenorth, 1958 , which was an incorrect usage; see Van Deusen and Jones (1967:74) and Lidicker and Follett (1968) . Revised by Lyne and Mort (1981) .