Short-furred Dasyure

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Short-furred Dasyure[1]
Conservation status
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

  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, 31. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Murexia longicaudata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006.


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