Murexia xenochromus
Murexia xenochromus is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in the central highlands of West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1][2]
| Murexia xenochromus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Genus: | Murexia |
| Species: | M. xenochromus |
| Binomial name | |
| Murexia xenochromus Tate & Archbold, 1941 | |
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| Murexia xenochromus range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micromurexia xenochromus Van Dyck, 2002 | |
Some authorities place it in the genus Micromurexia along with Murexia hageni and Murexia habbema.[3]
References
- Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Murexia xenochromus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1589A21943099. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1589A21943099.en. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Murexia xenochromus". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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