Peroryctes trigonodon
Travouillon, Flannery, & K. M. Helgen in Travouillon, Bertozzi, A. J. MacDonald, S. J. B. Cooper, Flannery, & K. M. Helgen, 2026
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Peramelemorphia |
| Superfamily | : Perameloidea |
| Family | : Peramelidae |
| Subfamily | : Peroryctinae |
| Genus | : Peroryctes |
Species status
Authority citation
Travouillon, K.J., Bertozzi, T., MacDonald, A.J., Cooper, S.J.B., Flannery, T.F. and Helgen, K.M. 2026-03-06. A new species of bandicoot in the genus Peroryctes (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) from Kwiyawagi, West Baliem Valley of Papua Province, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):5-16.
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Original name as described
Peroryctes trigonodon
Type material
AM M.30856
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ubimu (elevation 2, 950 m), Kwiyawagi area (4°01'S 138°07'E) in the West Baliem Valley, in the Central Cordillera of western New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia)."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Travouillon, K.J., Bertozzi, T., MacDonald, A.J., Cooper, S.J.B., Flannery, T.F. and Helgen, K.M. 2026. A new species of bandicoot in the genus Peroryctes (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) from Kwiyawagi, West Baliem Valley of Papua Province, Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 78(1):5-16. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.78.2026.3002
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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