Biology:Mouse bandicoot
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Short description: Species of marsupial
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. murina
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| Binomial name | |
| Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
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| Mouse bandicoot range | |
The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
It is suggested that the M. murina has evolved and adapted to a lifestyle similar to that small, insect and worm-eating shrews and shrew-mice found in the highland forests of Southeast Asia and Melanesia because of its specific fur color (plain, smoky-grey color) and texture (soft and wooly). Although little is known about the diet of other Microperoryctes species, the majority of bandicoots are generally considered omnivores.[3]
References
- ↑ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900051.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. et al. (2019). "Microperoryctes murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13389A21965585.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13389/21965585. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Flannery, Timothy F. (2004). "A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea" (in en). Journal of Zoology 264 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667. ISSN 1469-7998. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S0952836904005667.
Wikidata ☰ Q194255 entry
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