New Guinean mouse bandicoot
Genus of marsupials
| New Guinean mouse bandicoots[1] | |
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| Microperoryctes longicauda | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Subfamily: | Echymiperinae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes Stein, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932 | |
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The New Guinean mouse bandicoots (genus Microperoryctes) or striped bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia.[1] In addition to the named species, there are two currently undescribed members of this genus.[citation needed]
Species
- Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- Striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda)
- Mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina)
- Eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata)
- Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis)
References
- ^ a b 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. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Marsupialia
(Bilbies)
| Macrotis |
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(Bandicoots)
| Isoodon (Short-nosed bandicoots) |
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| Perameles (Long-nosed bandicoots) |
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| Peroryctes (New Guinean long- nosed bandicoots) |
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| Echymipera (New Guinean spiny bandicoots) |
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| Microperoryctes (New Guinean mouse bandicoots) |
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| Rhynchomeles |
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