Eastern striped bandicoot
| Eastern striped bandicoot | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. ornata |
| Binomial name | |
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Microperoryctes ornata (Thomas, 1904) |
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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. The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.
It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda.
The eastern striped bandicoot has a tail length is from 17.4 cm to 19.8 cm.
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