Echymipera davidi

Flannery, 1990

David's Spiny Bandicoot

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Peramelemorphia
Family : Peramelidae
Subfamily : Echymiperinae
Genus : Echymipera

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Flannery, T.F. 1990-12. _Echymipera davidi_, a new species of Perameliformes (Marsupialia) from Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea, with notes on the systematics of the genus Echymipera. Pp. 29–35 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. and Kemper, C.M. (eds.). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton.

Original name as described

Echymipera davidi

Other common names

Kiriwina Bandicoot · Kiriwina Echymipera · David's Echymipera

Type material

AM M.7154

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kiriwina Island (08° 30' S, 151° 00' E), Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000224

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Echymipera davidi

Flannery, 1990

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

davidi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.7154

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Chipping Norton

Name usages

  1. Flannery (1990:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68580)
  2. Groves (1993:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69001)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7017/21966774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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