Mouse bandicoot

Mouse bandicoot [1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Microperoryctes
Species:	M. murina
Binomial name
Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932
Mouse bandicoot range

The mouse bandicoot (Microperoryctes murina) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. ^[2]

It is suggested that the M. murina has evolved and adapted to a lifestyle similar to that small, insect and worm-eating shrews and shrew-mice found in the highland forests of Southeast Asia and Melanesia because of its specific fur color (plain, smoky-grey color) and texture (soft and wooly). Although little is known about the diet of other Microperoryctes species, the majority of bandicoots are generally considered omnivores. ^[3]

References

1. Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Peramelemorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 42. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.J.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2019). "Microperoryctes murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T13389A21965585. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13389A21965585.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
3. Helgen, Kristofer M.; Flannery, Timothy F. (2004). "A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea". Journal of Zoology. 264 (2): 117–124. doi:10.1017/S0952836904005667. ISSN   1469-7998.