Papuan bandicoot

Species of marsupial

Papuan bandicoot[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Microperoryctes
Species:
M. papuensis
Binomial name
Microperoryctes papuensis
(Laurie, 1952)
Papuan bandicoot range

The Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2] M. papuensis is a small bandicoot with a soft coat with a clear back, upper torso and face stripes. Its head to body length is 18–21 cm (7.1–8.3 in), the tail is 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) long, the hind foot is from 43 to 47 mm (1.7 to 1.9 in) long, the ears are 25 to 28 mm (0.98 to 1.10 in) long and the animal weighs 145–184 g (5.1–6.5 oz).

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Microperoryctes papuensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13390A21965507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13390A21965507.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
Thylacomyidae
(Bilbies)
Macrotis
  • Greater bilby (M. lagotis)
Peramelidae
(Bandicoots)
Isoodon
(Short-nosed
bandicoots)
  • Golden bandicoot (I. auratus)
  • Northern brown bandicoot (I. macrourus)
  • Southern brown bandicoot (I. obesulus)
Perameles
(Long-nosed
bandicoots)
  • Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville)
  • Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii)
  • Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)
Peroryctes
(New Guinean long-
nosed bandicoots)
  • Giant bandicoot (P. broadbenti)
  • Raffray's bandicoot (P. raffrayana)
Echymipera
(New Guinean
spiny bandicoots)
  • Clara's echymipera (E. clara)
  • David's echymipera (E. davidi)
  • Menzies' echymipera (E. echinista)
  • Common echymipera (E. kaluba)
  • Long-nosed echymipera (E. rufescens)
Microperoryctes
(New Guinean
mouse bandicoots)
  • Arfak pygmy bandicoot (M. alpini)
  • Striped bandicoot (M. longicauda)
  • Mouse bandicoot (M. murina)
  • Papuan bandicoot (M. papuensis)
Rhynchomeles
  • Seram bandicoot (R. prattorum)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Microperoryctes papuensis


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