Broad-striped Dasyure

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Broad-striped Dasyure[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Paramurexia
Species: P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Paramurexia rothschildi
(Tate, 1938)

The Broad-striped Dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi) is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

It is the only species in the Paramurexia genus.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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, 31. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Paramurexia rothschildi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.