Wallace's dasyure

Wallace's dasyure (Myoictis wallacei) or Wallace's three-striped dasyure is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, it's found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia.[4]

Wallace's dasyure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Myoictis
Species:
M. wallacei
Binomial name
Myoictis wallacei
Gray, 1858[2][3]
Wallace's dasyure range

The scientific name of this animal comes from British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, who collected a specimen in the Aru Islands.[5]

References
  1. Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Flannery, T.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Myoictis wallacei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136839A21945028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136839A21945028.en. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ITIS.gov
  3. Wallacefund.info
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, (eds). (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wallacefund.info

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