Biology:Eastern striped bandicoot

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Eastern striped bandicoot[1][2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Microperoryctes
Species:
M. ornata
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]

Description

The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.

References

  1. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 38-42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=10900050. 
  2. Yang, Sichun; Banavali, Nilesh K.; Roux, Benoît (10 March 2009). "Mapping the conformational transition in Src activation by cumulating the information from multiple molecular dynamics trajectories". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (10): 3776–3781. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808261106. PMID 19225111. Bibcode2009PNAS..106.3776Y. 
  3. Flannery, T.F. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea (2nd ed.). Chatswood, New South Wales: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7. [page needed]
  4. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Flannery, Timothy F. (February 2004). "A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea". Journal of Zoology 264 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2535857 entry