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--> GENUS Peroryctes
SPECIES Peroryctes broadbenti
Author: | Ramsay, 1879. | Citation: | Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 3: 402, pl. 27. | Common Name: | Giant Bandicoot | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Central Prov., banks of Goldie River (a tributary of the Laloki River) inland from Port Moresby. | Distribution: | SE New Guinea, probably lowlands. | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. Rare. | Comments: | Included in raffrayana by Laurie and Hill (1954:10), but considered a distinct species by Van Deusen and Jones (1967:74). |
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