New Guinean spiny bandicoot
The New Guinean spiny bandicoots (genus Echymipera) are members of the order Peramelemorphia. They are found on New Guinea and nearby islands as well as on the Cape York Peninsula of Australia.
| New Guinean spiny bandicoots | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Subfamily: | Echymiperinae |
| Genus: | Echymipera Lesson, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Perameles kalubu Fischer, 1829 | |
| Species | |
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