- New Guinean mouse bandicoot
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New Guinean mouse bandicoots[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Peramelemorphia Family: Peramelidae Subfamily: Echymiperinae Genus: Microperoryctes
Stein, 1932Type species Microperoryctes murina
Stein, 1932Species - M. ornata
- M. longicauda
- M. aplini
- M. murina
- M. papuensis
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]
References
- ^ a b Groves, Colin P. (16 November 2005). "Order Peramelemorphia (pp. 38-42)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900046.
Extant Peramelemorphia species by family Thylacomyidae
(Bilbies)MacrotisPeramelidae
(Bandicoots)Microperoryctes
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