Clara's echymipera

Clara's echymipera (Echymipera clara), or Clara's spiny bandicoot or white-lipped bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Clara's echymipera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Echymipera
Species:
E. clara
Binomial name
Echymipera clara
Stein, 1932
Clara's echymipera range

It is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.

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