Eastern striped bandicoot

Species of marsupial

Eastern striped bandicoot[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Microperoryctes
Species:
M. ornata
Binomial name
Microperoryctes ornata
(Thomas, 1904)

The eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation.[3] The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.

It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda.[4]

Description

The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.

References

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 38–42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Yang, Sichun; Banavali, Nilesh K.; Roux, Benoît (10 March 2009). "Mapping the conformational transition in Src activation by cumulating the information from multiple molecular dynamics trajectories". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (10): 3776–3781. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.3776Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808261106. PMC 2656156. PMID 19225111.
  3. ^ Flannery, T.F. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea (2nd ed.). Chatswood, New South Wales: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7.[page needed]
  4. ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Flannery, Timothy F. (February 2004). "A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea". Journal of Zoology. 264 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667.

Further reading

  • Richards, Stephen J, ed. (2007). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment: A Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of the Kaijende Highlands, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Vol. 45. doi:10.1896/978-1-934151-08-2. ISBN 978-1-934151-08-2.
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Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
Thylacomyidae
(Bilbies)
Macrotis
  • Greater bilby (M. lagotis)
Peramelidae
(Bandicoots)
Isoodon
(Short-nosed
bandicoots)
  • Golden bandicoot (I. auratus)
  • Northern brown bandicoot (I. macrourus)
  • Southern brown bandicoot (I. obesulus)
Perameles
(Long-nosed
bandicoots)
  • Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville)
  • Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii)
  • Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)
Peroryctes
(New Guinean long-
nosed bandicoots)
  • Giant bandicoot (P. broadbenti)
  • Raffray's bandicoot (P. raffrayana)
Echymipera
(New Guinean
spiny bandicoots)
  • Clara's echymipera (E. clara)
  • David's echymipera (E. davidi)
  • Menzies' echymipera (E. echinista)
  • Common echymipera (E. kaluba)
  • Long-nosed echymipera (E. rufescens)
Microperoryctes
(New Guinean
mouse bandicoots)
  • Arfak pygmy bandicoot (M. alpini)
  • Striped bandicoot (M. longicauda)
  • Mouse bandicoot (M. murina)
  • Papuan bandicoot (M. papuensis)
Rhynchomeles
  • Seram bandicoot (R. prattorum)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Microperoryctes ornata


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