Clara's Spiny Bandicoot

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Clara's Spiny Bandicoot[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Echymipera
Species: E. clara
Binomial name
Echymipera clara
Stein, 1932

The Clara's Spiny Bandicoot, Clara's Echymipera, or White-lipped Bandicoot (Echymipera clara) is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[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, 41. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Echymipera clara. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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