Black-tailed Dasyure

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Black-tailed Dasyure[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Murexechinus
Van Dyck, 2002
Species: M. melanurus
Binomial name
Murexechinus melanurus
(Thomas, 1899)

The Black-tailed Dasyure (Murexechinus melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 30-31. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Murexechinus melanurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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