Echymipera echinista
Menzies, 1990
Menzies'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
Menzies, J.I. 1990. Notes on spiny bandicoots, Echymipera spp. (Marsupialia; Peramelidae) from New Guinea and description of a new species. Science in New Guinea 16(2):86-98.
Original name as described
Echymipera echinista
Other common names
Fly River Bandicoot · Fly River Echymipera · Menzies's Echymipera
Type material
UPNG 3075
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Wipim, near Iamega (08° 51' S, 142° 58' E), Western (Fly River) Province, Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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