Arfak pygmy bandicoot

Species of marsupial

Arfak pygmy bandicoot
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Peramelidae. 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. The population is unknown and threats may be human expansion and hunting but it is protected by Arfak Reserve.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. (2008). "Microperoryctes aplini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136538A4307163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136538A4307163.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient.
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Extant Peramelemorphia species by family
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)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Microperoryctes aplini