Murexia xenochromus

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Murexia xenochromus

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Murexia
Species:
M. xenochromus
Binomial name
Murexia xenochromus
Tate & Archbold, 1941
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Murexia xenochromus range
Synonyms

Micromurexia xenochromus Van Dyck, 2002

Murexia xenochromus is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in the central highlands of West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1][2]

Some authorities place it in the genus Micromurexia along with Murexia hageni and Murexia habbema.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Murexia xenochromus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1589A21943099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1589A21943099.en. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Murexia xenochromus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. ^ 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. 30. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.


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