Striped bandicoot[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Microperoryctes |
Species: |
M. longicauda
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Binomial name | |
Microperoryctes longicauda | |
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]
Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
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Thylacomyidae (Bilbies) |
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Peramelidae (Bandicoots) |
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Microperoryctes longicauda |
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