Short-furred Dasyure

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iShort-furred Dasyure
Conservation status
Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Dasyuridae Subfamily: Dasyurinae Tribe: Phascogalini Genus: Murexia Tate & Archbold, 1937 Species: M. longicaudata
Binomial name
Murexia longicaudata (Schlegel, 1866)

The Short-furred Dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the Short-haired Marsupial Mouse, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is the only species in the Murexia genus. It lives in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] References

• Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Murexia longicaudata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006.
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 31. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
• Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Murexia longicaudata. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 March 2006.