Short-furred dasyure
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| Short-furred dasyure[1] | |
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| 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) | |
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| Short-furred dasyure range (blue — native, red — introduced) | |
The short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the short-haired marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is the only species in the Murexia genus. It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Dasyuromorphia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Woolley, P., Leary, T., Seri, L., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Helgen, K., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Allison, A., James, R., Dickman, C., Lunde, D. & Aplin, K. (2008). Murexia longicaudata. 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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