New Guinean mouse bandicoot

New Guinean mouse bandicoots[1]
	Microperoryctes longicauda
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.

Species

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

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. 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.