Giant bandicoot
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Peroryctes |
| Species: | P. broadbenti |
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Peroryctes broadbenti (Ramsay, 1879) |
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| Giant bandicoot range | |
The giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
The type locality is Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., banks of Goldie River (a tributary of the Laloki River) inland from Port Moresby.
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