Myoictis

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Myoictis[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Tribe: Dasyurini
Genus: Myoictis
Gray, 1858
Type species
Myoictis wallacii
Gray, 1858
Species

Myoictis leucura
Myoictis melas
Myoictis wallacii
Myoictis wavicus

Myoictis is a genus of marsupials in the order Dasyuromorphia. They are found in New Guinea.

There are four species, two of which have not received a common name:

  • Myoictis leucura
  • Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis melas
  • Wallace's Dasyure, Myoictis wallacii
  • Myoictis wavicus

[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, 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.