Black-tailed dasyure

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Black-tailed dasyure[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Murexechinus
Van Dyck, 2002
Species: M. melanurus
Binomial name
Murexechinus melanurus
(Thomas, 1899)
Black-tailed dasyure range

The black-tailed dasyure (Murexechinus melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 30–31. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D., Aplin, K. & Woolley, P. (2008). Murexia melanurus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern


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