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Giant Bandicoot


Giant Bandicoot[1]
Conservation status
Data deficient (IUCN) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Peroryctes
Species: P. broadbenti
Binomial name
Peroryctes broadbenti
(Ramsay, 1879)

The Giant Bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]

References

  1. ^ Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 40-41. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Peroryctes broadbenti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

 
 
 

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