Raffray's bandicoot
Raffray's bandicoot[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Genus: | Peroryctes |
Species: | P. raffrayana
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Binomial name | |
Peroryctes raffrayana (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
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Raffray's bandicoot range |
Raffray's bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) is a species of marsupial in the family Peroryctidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.[2]
It is known as pakam in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea.[3]
References
- ^ 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. 41. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Leary, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K.; Seri, L.; Allison, A.; Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L. (2016). "Peroryctes raffrayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16711A21965412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16711A21965412.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.
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