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Microperoryctes longicauda (Striped bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy

Microperoryctes longicauda was named by Peters and Doria (1876). It is extant.

Subspecies

M. ornatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Microperoryctes longicauda Peters and Doria
2005	Microperoryctes longicauda Wilson and Reeder

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Peramelemorphia	Ameghino 1889
suborder	Perameloidea
family	Peramelidae	Gray 1825
subfamily	Echymiperinae	McKenna and Bell 1997
genus	Microperoryctes	Stein 1932
species	longicauda	Peters and Doria 1876

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Microperoryctes longicauda Peters and Doria 1876 [Striped bandicoot]

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Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus Thomas 1904

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialf

Diet:

omnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-06-08 12:11:09

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979

Collections

No collection or age range data are available