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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000225

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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 echinista

Menzies, 1990

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

echinista

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UPNG 3075

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Science in New Guinea

Name usages

  1. Groves (1993:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69001)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7016/21967022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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