| Arfak pygmy bandicoot | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Microperoryctes |
| Species: | M. aplini
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| Microperoryctes aplini Helgen & Flannery, 2004
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| Arfak pygmy bandicoot range | |
The Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to the Arfak mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The population is unknown and threats may be human expansion and hunting but it is protected by Arfak Reserve.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L. (2008). "Microperoryctes aplini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136538A4307163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136538A4307163.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient.
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