| New Guinean mouse bandicoots1 | |
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| Microperoryctes longicauda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Subfamily: | Echymiperinae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes Stein, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
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| Species | |
The New Guinean mouse bandicoots (genus Microperoryctes) or striped bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia.1 In addition to the named species, there are two currently undescribed members of this genus.
Species
- Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
- Striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda)
- Mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina)
- Eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata)
- Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis)
References
References
- Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.