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Murexia
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Murexia

The short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the short-haired marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is the only species in the Murexia genus. It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species

Black-tailed Dasyure

speciesMurexia melanura

Northern Short-furred Dasyure

speciesMurexia maxima

Aru Short-furred Dasyure

speciesMurexia longicaudata

Habbema Dasyure

speciesMurexia habbema

Southern Short-furred Dasyure

speciesMurexia aspera

Western Long-nosed Dasyure

speciesMurexia naso

Broad-striped Dasyure

speciesMurexia rothschildi

Lesser Dasyure

speciesMurexia wilhelmina

Eastern Short-furred Dasyure

speciesMurexia murex

Eastern Long-nosed Dasyure

speciesMurexia tafa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40243.