David's echymipera

David's echymipera (Echymipera davidi), or David's spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

References

↑ 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. 41. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
↑ Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K. & Seri, L. (2008). "Echymipera davidi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as endangered

Extant Peramelemorphia species by family

Macrotis	Greater bilby (M. lagotis)

Isoodon (Short-nosed bandicoots)	Golden bandicoot (I. auratus) Northern brown bandicoot (I. macrourus) Southern brown bandicoot (I. obesulus)

Perameles (Long-nosed bandicoots)	Western barred bandicoot (P. bougainville) Eastern barred bandicoot (P. gunnii) Long-nosed bandicoot (P. nasuta)

Peroryctes (New Guinean long- nosed bandicoots)	Giant bandicoot (P. broadbenti) Raffray's bandicoot (P. raffrayana)

Echymipera (New Guinean spiny bandicoots)	Clara's echymipera (E. clara) David's echymipera (E. davidi) Menzies' echymipera (E. echinista) Common echymipera (E. kaluba) Long-nosed echymipera (E. rufescens)

Microperoryctes (New Guinean mouse bandicoots)	Arfak pygmy bandicoot (M. alpini) Striped bandicoot (M. longicauda) Mouse bandicoot (M. murina) Papuan bandicoot (M. papuensis)

Rhynchomeles	Seram bandicoot (R. prattorum)

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