Microperoryctes ornatus
(O. Thomas, 1904)
Striped Bandicoot
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Peramelemorphia |
| Superfamily | : Perameloidea |
| Family | : Peramelidae |
| Subfamily | : Echymiperinae |
| Genus | : Microperoryctes |
| Subgenus | : Ornoryctes |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1904-04-01. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903-II(2):196-202.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610266Original name as described
Perameles ornata
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.1.23
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a41cc0ec-2318-4f49-8432-e7c339735e8fType locality
Avera, Aroa River, British New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
split from M. longicauda, although some authorities don't recognize this species
Taxonomy notes citation
Helgen, K.M. and Flannery, T.F. 2004. A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea. Journal of Zoology, London 264(2):117-124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667 · Westerman, M., Kear, B.P., Aplin, K.P., Meredith, R.W., Emerling, C.A. and Springer, M.S. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of living and recently extinct bandicoots based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1):97-108. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.009 · Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J.I., Bonaccorso, F.J., Helgen, K.M., Seri, L., Aplin, K.P., Dickman, C.R. and Salas, L. 2016. Microperoryctes longicauda. IUCN. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T84783217A21965649.en · Travouillon, K.J., Simões, B.F., Portela Miguez, R., Brace, S., Brewer, P., Stemmer, D., Price, G.J., Cramb, J. and Louys, J. 2019. Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central Australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa 4566(1):1-69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4566.1.1 · Baker, A.M., Eldridge, M.D.B., Fisher, D.O., Frankham, G., Helgen, K.M., Jackson, S.M., Potter, S., Travouillon, K.J. and Umbrello, L.S. 2023. Taxonomy and diversity of living Australasian marsupials. 163-247 in Cáceres, N.C. and Dickman, C.R. (eds.). American and Australasian Marsupials. An Evolutionary, Biogeographical, and Ecological Approach. Springer, Cham, 1642 pp. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-08419-5_32
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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