Biology:Striped bandicoot

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Striped bandicoot[1]
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Microperoryctes
Species:
M. longicauda
Binomial name
Microperoryctes longicauda
(Peters & Doria, 1876)
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Striped bandicoot range

The striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2] The Striped bandicoot is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Australiformis semoni.[3]

References

  1. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. et al. (2016). "Microperoryctes longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T84783217A21965649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T84783217A21965649.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84783217/21965649. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  3. Schmidt, Gerald D.; Edmonds, Stanley J. (1989). "Australiformis semoni (Linstow, 1898) n. Gen., n. Comb. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from Marsupials of Australia and New Guinea". The Journal of Parasitology 75 (2): 215–7. doi:10.2307/3282769. PMID 2926590. 


Wikidata ☰ Q195033 entry