Wallace's Dasyure

Wallace's Dasyure
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	Myoictis
Species:	M. wallacii
Binomial name
Myoictis wallacii Gray, 1858[1][2]
Wallace's Dasyure range

Wallace's Dasyure (Myoictis wallacii) is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia.^[3]

The scientific name of this animal comes from British naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace, who collected a specimen in the Aru Islands.^[4]

References

1. ^ ITIS.gov
2. ^ Wallacefund.info
3. ^ Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, (eds). (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
4. ^ Wallacefund.info

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