Peramelidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2015 2015-06-30 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials 362 398 book chapter 82883 10.5281/zenodo.6621742 7915a12e-d438-4690-ade1-790e3a2c80cd 978-84-96553-99-6 6621742 Family PERAMELIDAE (BANDICOOTS ECHYMIPERAS) • Small to medium-sized marsupials, with long pointed snouts, rather small mouse-like ears, short tails and short limbs. • 25-80 cm. • Australasian Region. • Low heathland, grassland, and woodland to denser forest and treeless subalpine habitat, from lowlands to mountain areas. • 6 genera, 18 species, at least 35 extant taxa. • 4 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; 1 species and 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.