| Wallace's Dasyure | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Myoictis |
| Species: | M. wallacii |
| Binomial name | |
| Myoictis wallacii Gray, 1858[1][2] |
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| Wallace's Dasyure range | |
Wallace's Dasyure (Myoictis wallacii) is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia.[3]
The scientific name of this animal comes from British naturalist, Alfred Russell Wallace, who collected a specimen in the Aru Islands.[4]