Three-striped dasyure

Three-striped dasyure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Myoictis
Species: M. melas
Binomial name
Myoictis melas
(Müller, 1840)
Three-striped dasyure range

The three-striped dasyure (Myoictis melas) is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. This marsupial carnivore lives in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; et al. (2008). "Myoictis melas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  • 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. 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  • Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. Myoictis melas. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 March 2006.


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