Raffray's bandicoot

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Raffray's bandicoot[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Peroryctes
Species:
P. raffrayana
Binomial name
Peroryctes raffrayana
Raffray's bandicoot range

Raffray's bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) is a species of

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

  1. OCLC 62265494
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  2. ^ . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pawley, Andrew and Ralph Bulmer. 2011. A Dictionary of Kalam with Ethnographic Notes. Canberra. Pacific Linguistics.