Clara's echymipera
| Clara's echymipera[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Echymipera |
| Species: | E. clara
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| Binomial name | |
| Echymipera clara , 1932
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| Clara's echymipera range | |
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. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
It is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.[3]
References[]
- ^ 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. 41. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Salas, L.; Seri, L.; Dickman, C.; Helgen, K.; et al. (2008). "Echymipera clara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ Margaretha Pangau-Adam & Richard Noske & Michael Muehlenberg. Wildmeat or Bushmeat? Subsistence Hunting and Commercial Harvesting in Papua (West New Guinea), Indonesia. Hum Ecol (2012) 40:611–621.doi:10.1007/s10745-012-9492-5
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Peramelemorphs
- Marsupials of Oceania
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Least concern biota of Oceania
- Mammals described in 1932
- Marsupial stubs