| Long-nosed echymipera [1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Echymipera |
| Species: | E. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Echymipera rufescens | |
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| Long-nosed echymipera range | |
The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. [2]
Vernacular names for E. rufescens in various Aru languages of the Aru Islands in far eastern Indonesia: [3]