New Guinean mouse bandicoots | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Peramelidae |
Subfamily: | Echymiperinae |
Genus: |
Microperoryctes Stein, 1932 |
Type species | |
Microperoryctes murina Stein, 1932 |
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Species | |
The New Guinean mouse bandicoots (genus Microperoryctes) or striped bandicoots are members of the order Peramelemorphia. In addition to the named species, there are two currently undescribed members of this genus.