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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DASYUROMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Dasyuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Dasyurinae
--> TRIBE Phascogalini
--> GENUS Micromurexia
SPECIES Micromurexia habbema
| Author: | Tate and Archbold, 1941. | | Citation: | Amer. Mus. Novit., 1101: 8. | | Common Name: | Habbema Dasyure | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Prov. of Papua (= Irian Jaya), 9 km N of Lake Habbema, north slope of Mt. Wilhelmina, 2800 m. | | Distribution: | Central Cordillera of New Guinea, 4°05’-8°03’S, 138°50’-146°53’E, at 1600-3660 m (Van Dyck, 2002). | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient at Antechinus habbema. | | Comments: | Formerly considered a synonym of Antechinus naso (here reallocated as Phascomurexia naso), but shown to be distinct by Woolley (1989) and Flannery (1995a); it is actually the most distinct species of the Murexia clade according to Krajewski et al. (1996) and was referred to a new genus by Van Dyck (2002). |
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