Striped bandicoot

The striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.^[2] The striped bandicoot is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Australiformis semoni.^[3]

Striped bandicoot[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Microperoryctes
Species:	M. longicauda
Binomial name
Microperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Striped bandicoot range

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. 42. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Microperoryctes longicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T84783217A21965649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T84783217A21965649.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Schmidt, Gerald D.; Edmonds, Stanley J. (1989). "Australiformis semoni (Linstow, 1898) n. Gen., n. Comb. (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) from Marsupials of Australia and New Guinea". The Journal of Parasitology. 75 (2): 215–7. doi:10.2307/3282769. JSTOR 3282769. PMID 2926590.