Arfak pygmy bandicoot
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M. aplini
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| Microperoryctes aplini Helgen & Flannery, 2004
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The Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to the Arfak mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The population is unknown and threats may be human expansion and hunting but it is protected by Arfak Reserve.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Seri, L. (2008). Microperoryctes aplini. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 4 September 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient.
