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David's echymipera

David's echymipera, or David's spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found on the island of Kiriwina, in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, and may be present on other nearby islands also.

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David's echymipera1
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Echymipera
Species:
E. davidi
Binomial name
Echymipera davidi
Flannery, 1990
David's echymipera range

David's echymipera (Echymipera davidi), or David's spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found on the island of Kiriwina, in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, and may be present on other nearby islands also.

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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. 41. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. (2016). "Echymipera davidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T7017A21966774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7017A21966774.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.