Long-nosed echymipera

Species of marsupial

Long-nosed echymipera[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Echymipera
Species:
E. rufescens
Binomial name
Echymipera rufescens
(Peters & Doria, 1875)
Long-nosed echymipera range

The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

Vernacular names

Vernacular names for E. rufescens in various Aru languages of the Aru Islands in far eastern Indonesia:[3]

References

  1. ^ Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Winter, J.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Echymipera rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7019A21966655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7019A21966655.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ^ Schapper, Antoinette (2011). "Phalanger Facts: Notes on Blust's Marsupial Reconstructions". Oceanic Linguistics. 50 (1): 258–272. doi:10.1353/ol.2011.0004. S2CID 145482148.
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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
Echymipera rufescens


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