Menzies' Spiny Bandicoot

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name = Menzies' Spiny BandicootMSW3 Groves | pages = 41]
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 7016 | title = Echymipera echinista | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Peramelemorphia
familia = Peramelidae
genus = "Echymipera"
species = "E. echinista"
binomial = "Echymipera echinista"
binomial_authority = Menzies, 1990
synonyms =

The Fly River Bandicoot or Menzies' Spiny Bandicoot ("Echymipera echinista") is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

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