Striped bandicoot

The striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.^[2] The striped bandicoot is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Australiformis semoni.^[3]

Striped bandicoot[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Peramelemorphia
Family:	Peramelidae
Genus:	Microperoryctes
Species:	M. longicauda
Binomial name
Microperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Striped bandicoot range