New Guinean mouse bandicoot

New Guinean mouse bandicoots
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Subfamily:	Echymiperinae
Genus:	Microperoryctes; Stein, 1932
Type species
	Microperoryctes murina; Stein, 1932
Species
	M. ornata; M. longicauda; M. aplini; M. murina; M. papuensis;

The New Guinean mouse bandicoots (genus Microperoryctes) or striped bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia.^[1] In addition to the named species, there are two currently undescribed members of this genus.^{[citation needed]}

Species

Mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina)
Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini)
Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis)
Striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda)
Eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata)

References

^ ^a ^b 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. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[msw3-1] 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. 42. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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