Long-nosed echymipera

Long-nosed echymipera[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Echymipera
Species:	E. rufescens
Binomial name
Echymipera rufescens (Peters & Doria, 1875)
Long-nosed echymipera range

The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.^[2]

Vernacular names

Vernacular names for E. rufescens in various Aru languages of the Aru Islands in far eastern Indonesia:^[3]

• Ujir: koa
• Kola: koyi
• Dobel: ʔosi
• Batuley: koyi
• Manumbai: kagaran
• Goda-Goda: kawaran
• Lorang: kagwaran
• Koba: ngarukwabala
• West Tarangan: man

References

1. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Winter, J.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Echymipera rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7019A21966655. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7019A21966655.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
3. Schapper, Antoinette (2011). "Phalanger Facts: Notes on Blust's Marsupial Reconstructions". Oceanic Linguistics. 50 (1): 258–272. doi:10.1353/ol.2011.0004. S2CID 145482148.

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