Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Peramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889 Family Peramelidae Gray, 1825 - bandicoots Subfamily Echymiperinae McKenna & Bell, 1997 Genus Echymipera Lesson, 1842 - New Guinean spiny bandicoots Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875) - rufous spiny bandicoot [Echymipera rufescens rufescens]ᵀ (Peters & Doria, 1875)