Microperoryctes papuensis

(Laurie, 1952)

Papuan Bandicoot

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Peramelemorphia
Superfamily : Perameloidea
Family : Peramelidae
Subfamily : Echymiperinae
Genus : Microperoryctes
Subgenus : Ornoryctes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Laurie, E.M.O. 1952. Mammals collected by Mr. Shaw Mayer in New Guinea, 1932–1949. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)1(10):269-318.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262452

Original name as described

Peroryctes papuensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1130

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a87ea7d-3d60-4a3b-af93-e8769ecedc4d

Type locality

"Boneno, Mt. Mura (30 miles NW. Mt. Simpson Main Range, eastern Papua, SE. New Guinea, 4, 000-5, 000 ft."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000231

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Peroryctes papuensis

(Laurie, 1952)

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1950.1130

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a87ea7d-3d60-4a3b-af93-e8769ecedc4d

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2262452

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Microperoryctes papuensis

Groves & Flannery, 1990

Family

Peramelidae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Chipping Norton

Name usages

Groves & Flannery (1990:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69739)
Groves (1993:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69001)
Westerman, Springer & Krajewski (2001:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3651)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8543)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13390/21965507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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