Eastern striped bandicoot

Eastern striped bandicoot[1][2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Microperoryctes
Species:	M. ornata
Binomial name
Microperoryctes ornata (Thomas, 1904)

The eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation.^[3] The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.

It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda.^[4]

Description

The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). "Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus". In 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. 38–42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Yang, Sichun; Banavali, Nilesh K.; Roux, Benoît (10 March 2009). "Mapping the conformational transition in Src activation by cumulating the information from multiple molecular dynamics trajectories". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (10): 3776–3781. Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.3776Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.0808261106. PMC 2656156. PMID 19225111.
3. Flannery, T.F. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea (2nd ed.). Chatswood, New South Wales: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7.^{[page needed]}
4. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Flannery, Timothy F. (February 2004). "A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea". Journal of Zoology. 264 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667.

Further reading

• Richards, Stephen J, ed. (2007). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment: A Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of the Kaijende Highlands, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Vol. 45. doi:10.1896/978-1-934151-08-2. ISBN 978-1-934151-08-2.