Short-furred dasyure

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Short-furred dasyure [1]
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Preserved specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Subfamily: Dasyurinae
Tribe: Phascogalini
Genus: Murexia
Species:
M. longicaudata
Binomial name
Murexia longicaudata
(Schlegel, 1866)
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Short-furred dasyure range
(blue — native, red — introduced)

The short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the short-haired marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It was once recognised as the only species in the genus Murexia, [1] but now five species are recognised. [3] [4] It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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Conservation status

Its population is considered stable, so the species is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN. [2]

Systematics

The short-furred dasyure used to form the genus Murexia together with the broad-striped dasyure. In 2005, Colin Groves divided the genus Murexia into two monotypic genera, Murexia for the short-furred dasyure and Paramurexia for the broad-striped dasyure, based on cladistic analyses. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Groves, C.P. (2005). "Order Dasyuromorphia". 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. 31. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Woolley, P.; Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K. (2016). "Murexia longicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T13930A21943259. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13930A21943259.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Murexia". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists . Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Murexia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . Retrieved 23 July 2020.


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