The New Guinean planigale (Planigale novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan planigale, is a species of small marsupial carnivore native to the Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea.

New Guinean planigale[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Planigale
Species:
P. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Planigale novaeguineae
Tate & Archbold, 1941
New Guinean planigale range

References edit

  1. ^ 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. 37. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Leary, T.; Seri, L.; Flannery, T.; Wright, D.; Hamilton, S.; Helgen, K.; Singadan, R.; Menzies, J.; Allison, A.; James, R.; Dickman, C.; Lunde, D.; Bonaccorso, F.; Woolley, P. (2016). "Planigale novaeguineae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17474A21944952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17474A21944952.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.