Murexia | |
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Murexia longicaudata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
Family: | Dasyuridae |
Subfamily: | Dasyurinae |
Tribe: | Phascogalini |
Genus: | Murexia Tate & Archbold, 1937 |
Type species | |
Phascogale murex | |
Species | |
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Murexia is a genus of mouse-sized dasyure, in the marsupial order Dasyuromorphia. [1] They are found in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The genus was previously considered a monotypic genus, [1] but now multiple species are recognised. [2] [3]