Biology:New Guinean spiny bandicoot

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Short description: Genus of marsupials

New Guinean spiny bandicoots[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Echymipera clara
  • Echymipera davidi
  • Echymipera kalubu
  • Echymipera rufescens
  • Echymipera echinista

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.

Species

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q668149 entry