Arfak pygmy bandicoot

Arfak pygmy bandicoot
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Microperoryctes
Species:	M. aplini
Binomial name
*Microperoryctes aplini* Helgen & Flannery, 2004

Arfak pygmy bandicoot range

The Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to the Arfak mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Seri, L. (2008). Microperoryctes aplini. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 September 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient.

Extant Peramelemorphia species by family

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Thylacomyidae
(Bilbies)

Macrotis	Greater Bilby (M. lagotis)

Peramelidae
(Bandicoots)

Isoodon (Short-nosed bandicoots)	Golden Bandicoot (I. auratus) Northern Brown Bandicoot (I. macrourus) Southern Brown Bandicoot (I. obesulus)

Perameles (Long-nosed bandicoots)	Western Barred Bandicoot (P. bougainville) Eastern Barred Bandicoot (P. gunnii) Long-nosed Bandicoot (P. nasuta)

Peroryctes (New Guinean long- nosed bandicoots)	Giant Bandicoot (P. broadbenti) Raffray's Bandicoot (P. raffrayana)

Echymipera (New Guinean spiny bandicoots)	Clara's Echymipera (E. clara) David's Echymipera (E. davidi) Menzies' Echymipera (E. echinista) Common Echymipera (E. kaluba) Long-nosed Echymipera (E. rufescens)

Microperoryctes (New Guinean mouse bandicoots)	Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot (M. alpini) Striped Bandicoot (M. longicauda) Mouse Bandicoot (M. murina) Papuan Bandicoot (M. papuensis)

Rhynchomeles	Seram Bandicoot (R. prattorum)

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