Mouse bandicoot
(Redirected from Microperoryctes murina)
| Mouse bandicoot[1] | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. murina
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| Binomial name | |
| Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
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| Mouse bandicoot range | |
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
It is suggested that the M. murina has evolved and adapted to a lifestyle similar to that small, insect and worm-eating shrews and shrew-mice found in the highland forests of Southeast Asia and Melanesia because of its specific fur color (plain, smoky-grey color) and texture (soft and wooly). Although little is known about the diet of other Microperoryctes species, the majority of bandicoots are generally considered omnivores.[3]
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