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Bandicoots

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Order:Peramelemorphia
(in part)
Families and Genera


Chaeropodidae Peramelidae
A bandicoot is any of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia. The word bandicoot is an anglicised form of the Telugu word pandi-kokku, (loosely, pig-rat) which originally referred to the unrelated Indian Bandicoot Rat. The other two species of peramelemorphs are the bilbies.

Classification within the Peramelemorphia used to be simple: there were thought to be two families in the order — the short-legged and mostly herbivorous bandicoots, and the longer-legged, more nearly carnivorous bilbies. In recent years, however, it has become clear that the situation is more complex. First, the bandicoots of the New Guinean and far-northern Australian rainforests were deemed distinct from all other bandicoots, and these were grouped together in the separate family Peroryctidae. More recently, the bandicoot families were reunited in Peramelidae, with the New Guinean species split into four genera in two subfamilies, Peroryctinae and Echymiperinae, while the "true bandicoots" occupy the subfamily Peramelinae. The only exception is the extinct Pig-footed Bandicoot, which has been given its own family, Chaeropodidae.

The embryos of bandicoots, unlike other marsupials, form a placenta-like organ that connects it to the uterine wall. The function of this organ is probably to transfer nutrients from the mother; however the structure is small compared to those of the placentalia.

References

  • (2005-11-16) in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
Marsupials
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Peramelemorphia
Ameghino, 1889

Families

Thylacomyidae
Chaeropodidae
Peramelidae
The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies: it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores.
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Chaeropodidae
Gill, 1872

Genus: Chaeropus
Ogilby, 1838

Species: C.
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Chaeropodidae
Gill, 1872

Genus: Chaeropus
Ogilby, 1838

Species: C.
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Isoodon
Desmarest, 1817

Species
  • Ischnodon australis
  • Isoodon auratus
  • Isoodon macrourus
  • Isoodon obesulus


The short-nosed bandicoots (genus Isoodon
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Peroryctinae
Groves and Flannery, 1990

Genus: Peroryctes
Thomas, 1906

Species
  • Peroryctes broadbenti
  • Peroryctes raffrayana


The New Guinean long-nosed bandicoots
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Echymipera
Lesson, 1842

Species
  • Echymipera clara
  • Echymipera davidi
  • Echymipera kalubu
  • Echymipera rufescens
  • Echymipera echinista


The New Guinean spiny bandicoots
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Microperoryctes
Stein, 1932

Species
  • M. ornata
  • M. longicauda
  • M. aplini
  • M. murina
  • M.

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Rhynchomeles
Thomas, 1920

Species: R. prattorum

Binomial name
Rhynchomeles prattorum
Thomas, 1920

The Ceram Bandicoot (
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Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Orders
  • Didelphimorphia
  • Paucituberculata
  • Microbiotheria
  • Dasyuromorphia
  • Peramelemorphia
  • Notoryctemorphia
  • Diprotodontia
  • Sparassodonta (extinct)
  • Yalkaparidontia (extinct)
Marsupials
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An omnivore (from Latin: omne all, everything; vorare to devour) is a species of animal that eats both plants and animals as its primary food source.
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Peramelemorphia
Ameghino, 1889

Families

Thylacomyidae
Chaeropodidae
Peramelidae
The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies: it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores.
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Anglicisation or anglicization (see -ise vs -ize) is a process of making something English.[1]

The term most often refers to the process of altering the pronunciation or spelling of a foreign word when it is borrowed into English.
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Telugu}}} 
Writing system: Telugu script 
Official status
Official language of:  India
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: te
ISO 639-2: tel
ISO 639-3: tel

Telugu
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Sus
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Sus barbatus
Sus bucculentus†
Sus cebifrons
Sus celebensis
Sus domestica
Sus falconeri†
Sus heureni

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wild rats. For pet rats, see Fancy rat. For other uses, see Rat (disambiguation).

Rats
Fossil range: Early Pleistocene – Recent

Black Rat (Rattus rattus)


Scientific classification
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B. bengalensis

Binomial name
Bandicota bengalensis
Gray, 1835

The Lesser Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota bengalensis) is a giant rat of southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots.
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Thylacomyidae
Bensley, 1903

Genus: Macrotis
Reid, 1837

Species

Macrotis lagotis
† Macrotis leucura

Bilbies
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Herbivory is a form of predation in which an organism known as an herbivore, consumes principally autotrophs[1] such as plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria.
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carnivore (IPA: /ˈkɑrnɪvɔər/), meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' and vorare
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New Guinea<nowiki />

Political division of New Guinea

Geography
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Location Island north of Australian continent
Coordinates
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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