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New Guinean Mouse Bandicoots
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New Guinean Mouse Bandicoots

Microperoryctes

The New Guinean mouse bandicoots (genus Microperoryctes) or striped bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia. In addition to the named species, there are two currently undescribed members of this genus.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot

speciesMicroperoryctes aplini

Long-tailed Bandicoot

speciesMicroperoryctes longicauda

Mouse Bandicoot

speciesMicroperoryctes murinus

Striped Bandicoot

speciesMicroperoryctes ornatus

Papuan Bandicoot

speciesMicroperoryctes papuensis

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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 43309.