Biology:Eastern striped bandicoot
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Short description: Species of marsupial
| Eastern striped bandicoot[1][2] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Microperoryctes ornata (Thomas, 1904)
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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
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900050.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808261106. PMID 19225111. Bibcode: 2009PNAS..106.3776Y.
- ↑ Flannery, T.F. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea (2nd ed.). Chatswood, New South Wales: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7.[page needed]
- ↑ 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. 45. doi:10.1896/978-1-934151-08-2. ISBN 978-1-934151-08-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q2535857 entry
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