Broad-striped dasyure

The broad-striped dasyure (Murexia rothschildi) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2][3]

Broad-striped dasyure[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Tribe: Phascogalini
Genus: Paramurexia
Schlegel, 1866
Species:
P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Paramurexia rothschildi
(Tate, 1938)
Broad-striped dasyure range
Synonyms

Paramurexia rothschildi Van Dyck, 2002

Some authorities place it in the monotypic genus Paramurexia.[1]

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. p. 31. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Murexia rothschildi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13931A21943008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13931A21943008.en. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. "Murexia rothschildi". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 24 July 2020.


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