Arfak pygmy bandicoot
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Microperoryctes |
Species: | M. aplini
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Binomial name | |
Microperoryctes aplini Helgen & Flannery, 2004
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Arfak pygmy bandicoot range |
The Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to the Arfak mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The population is unknown and threats may be human expansion and hunting but it is protected by Arfak Reserve.[1]
References
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. (2008). "Microperoryctes aplini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136538A4307163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136538A4307163.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Peramelemorphs
- Endemic fauna of Indonesia
- Marsupials of New Guinea
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Mammals described in 2004
- Taxa named by Tim Flannery
- Least concern biota of Oceania