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Echymipera (New Guinean spiny bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy
Echymipera was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Peramelidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Echymiperinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Peramelia by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Echymipera Lesson
1997Echymipera McKenna and Bell
2005Echymipera Wilson and Reeder
2010Echymipera Ladaveze and Muizon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
subfamilyEchymiperinaeMcKenna and Bell 1997
genusEchymiperaLesson 1842

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.

G. Echymipera Lesson 1842 [New Guinean spiny bandicoot]
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Echymipera clara Stein 1932 [Claras echymipera]
Echymipera davidi Flannery 1990 [Davids echymipera]
Echymipera echinista Menzies 1990 [Menzies echymipera]
Echymipera kalubu Fischer 1829
Echymipera rufescens Peters and Doria 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:37:30
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:37:30
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bassarova et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available