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Wallace's dasyure
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Genus:	Myoictis
Species:	M. wallacei
Binomial name
Myoictis wallacei J. E. Gray, 1858
Wallace's dasyure range

Wallace's dasyure (Myoictis wallacei) or Wallace's three-striped dasyure is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, it is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia.

The scientific name of this animal comes from British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, who collected a specimen in the Aru Islands.

References

1. Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Flannery, T.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Myoictis wallacei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136839A21945028. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136839A21945028.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ITIS.gov
3. "Wallacefund.info". Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, (eds). (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
5. "Wallacefund.info". Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2010-06-07.

Globaltwicher.com

• IUCN Red List least concern species
• Dasyuromorphs
• Mammals of Indonesia
• Mammals of Papua New Guinea
• Mammals described in 1858
• Marsupials of New Guinea
• Taxa named by John Edward Gray