Raffray's bandicoot

Species of marsupial

Raffray's 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: Peroryctes
Species:
P. raffrayana
Binomial name
Peroryctes raffrayana
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
Raffray's bandicoot range

Raffray's bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) is a species of marsupial in the family Peroryctidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

It is known as pakam in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. 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). "Peroryctes raffrayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16711A21965412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16711A21965412.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
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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
Peroryctes raffrayana


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