Murexia

Murexia is a genus of mouse-sized dasyure, in the marsupial order Dasyuromorphia.^[1] They are found in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Murexia
Murexia longicaudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Dasyurinae
Tribe:	Phascogalini
Genus:	Murexia Tate & Archbold, 1937
Type species
Phascogale murex Thomas, 1913 (= Phascogale longicaudata Schlegel, 1866)[1]
Species
See text

Species

The genus was previously considered a monotypic genus,^[1] but now multiple species are recognised.^[2][3]

• Habbema dasyure (Murexia habbema)^[4]
• short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata)^[5]
• black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus)^[6]
• long-nosed dasyure (Murexia naso)^[7]
• broad-striped dasyure (Murexia rothschildi)^[8]