Editing Peramelemorphia (section)

{{Short description|Order of marsupials}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Peramelemorphia
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene|Recent}}
| image = Taxidermied Bandicoot.jpg
| image_caption = A [[short-nosed bandicoot]] (''Isoodon'' spp.)
| taxon = Peramelemorphia
| authority = [[Florentino Ameghino|Ameghino]], 1889
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = * [[Peramelidae]] (bandicoots)
* [[Macrotis|Macrotidae]] (bilbies)
* †[[Chaeropodidae]] (pig-footed bandicoots)
* †[[Yaralidae]]
}}
The [[Order (biology)|order]] '''Peramelemorphia''' {{IPAc-en|p|E|r|@|m|E|l|ᵻ|'|m|ɔr|f|i|@}} includes the [[bandicoot]]s and [[bilby|bilbies]]. All members of the order are [[endemic]] to [[Australia]]-[[New Guinea]] and most have the characteristic bandicoot shape: a plump, arch-backed body with a long, delicately tapering snout, very large upright ears, relatively long, thin legs, and a thin tail. Their size varies from about 140 grams up to 4 kilograms,<ref>Aplin, K.P., Helgen, K.M., Lunde, D.P., 2010. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/6082/N3696-Aplin.pdf?sequence=1 A review of Peroryctes broadbenti, the giant bandicoot of Papua New Guinea]. . ''American Museum Novitates'' 3696, 1-41.</ref> but most species are about one kilogram.