Broad-striped dasyure

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Broad-striped dasyure[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Paramurexia
Species: P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Paramurexia rothschildi
(Tate, 1938)
Broad-striped dasyure range

The broad-striped dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi) is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

It is the only species in the Paramurexia genus.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 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 rothschildi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as vulnerable
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