Biology:Raffray's bandicoot

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Raffray's bandicoot[1]
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Peroryctes
Species:
P. raffrayana
Binomial name
Peroryctes raffrayana
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
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Raffray's bandicoot range

Raffray's bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) is a species of marsupial in the family Peroryctidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

It is known as pakam in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. 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. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900030. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. et al. (2016). "Peroryctes raffrayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16711A21965412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16711A21965412.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16711/21965412. Retrieved 13 November 2021. 
  3. Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.


Wikidata ☰ Q194613 entry