Eastern striped bandicoot [1] [2] | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Microperoryctes |
Species: | M. ornata
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Binomial name | |
Microperoryctes ornata (
Thomas, 1904)
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The eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation. [3] The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.
It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda. [4]
The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.
Eastern striped bandicoot [1] [2] | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Microperoryctes |
Species: | M. ornata
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Binomial name | |
Microperoryctes ornata (
Thomas, 1904)
|
The eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation. [3] The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.
It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda. [4]
The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.