Misplaced Pages

New Guinean spiny bandicoots
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Subfamily:	Echymiperinae
Genus:	Echymipera Lesson, 1842
Type species
Perameles kalubu Fischer, 1829
Species
Echymipera clara Echymipera davidi Echymipera echinista Echymipera kalubu Echymipera rufescens

The New Guinean spiny bandicoots (genus Echymipera) are members of the order Peramelemorphia. They are found on New Guinea and nearby islands as well as on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia.

Species

All Echymipera species are native to New Guinea. The common echymipera and long-nosed echymipera are also found on neighboring islands.

• Clara's echymipera (Echymipera clara)
• David's echymipera (Echymipera davidi)
• Menzies' echymipera (Echymipera echinista)
• Common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu)
• Long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens)

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

• Peramelemorphs
• Marsupials of New Guinea
• Mammals of Papua New Guinea
• Mammals of Western New Guinea
• Taxa named by René Lesson