Long-nosed echymipera
Appearance
Long-nosed echymipera[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Echymipera |
Species: | E. rufescens
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Binomial name | |
Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875)
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Long-nosed echymipera range |
The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
Vernacular names
Vernacular names for E. rufescens in various Aru languages of the Aru Islands in far eastern Indonesia:[3]
- Ujir: koa
- Kola: koyi
- Dobel: ʔosi
- Batuley: koyi
- Manumbai: kagaran
- Goda-Goda: kawaran
- Lorang: kagwaran
- Koba: ngarukwabala
- West Tarangan: man
References
- ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Winter, J.; et al. (2008). "Echymipera rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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(help) Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern - ^ Schapper, Antoinette (2011). "Phalanger Facts: Notes on Blust's Marsupial Reconstructions". Oceanic Linguistics. 50 (1). doi:10.1353/ol.2011.0004.
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