Myoictis

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

M. leucura
M. melas
M. wallacii
M. wavicus

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

There are four species:

  • Woolley's Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis leucera
  • Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis melas
  • Wallace's Dasyure, Myoictis wallacii
  • Tate’s Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis wavicus

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. p. 26. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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