Microperoryctes aplini

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Peramelemorphia
Template loop detected: Template:Taxonav Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Peramelemorphia

Familia: Peramelidae
Subfamilia: Echymiperinae
Genus: Microperoryctes
Species: Microperoryctes aplini

Name edit

Microperoryctes aplini Helgen & Flannery, 2004: 120

Holotype: BBM 22457, young adult ♂, study skin and skull.

Type locality: “Kampong Sururai, Lake Anggi Giji (01º23'S, 133◦º8'E), 6200 ft (=1890 m), Arfak Mountains, eastern Vogelkop Peninsula, western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia).”

References edit

Primary references edit

Helgen, K.M. & Flannery, T.F. 2004. A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea Journal of Zoology 264(2): 117–124. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005667 Reference page.

Links edit

Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K. & Seri, L. 2008. IUCN: Microperoryctes aplini (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T136538A4307163. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136538A4307163.en

Vernacular names edit

English: Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot