New Guinean mouse bandicoot
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| New Guinean mouse bandicoots[1] | |
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| File:Microperoryctes longcaudata.jpg | |
| Microperoryctes longicauda | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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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| Species | |
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
[edit | edit source]- Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- Striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda)
- Mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina)
- Eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata)
- Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis)
References
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