New Guinean spiny bandicoot

The New Guinean spiny bandicoots (genus Echymipera) are members of the order Peramelemorphia. They are found on New Guinea and nearby islands as well as on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia.

New Guinean spiny bandicoots[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Subfamily: Echymiperinae
Genus: Echymipera
Lesson, 1842
Type species
Perameles kalubu
Fischer, 1829
Species

Species

All Echymipera species are native to New Guinea. The common echymipera and long-nosed echymipera are also found on neighboring islands.

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. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.


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