Marsupial shrew
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The three species in the genus
Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the Dasyuromorphia
order
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There are three species of these dasyurids:
Genus
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Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the Dasyuromorphia
Dasyuromorphia
The order Dasyuromorphia comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the recently extinct thylacine...
order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
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There are three species of these dasyurids:
- Phascolosorex brevicaudata
- Red-bellied Marsupial ShrewRed-bellied Marsupial ShrewThe Red-bellied Dasyure or Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, Phascolosorex doriae (IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
) - Narrow-striped Marsupial ShrewNarrow-striped Marsupial ShrewThe Narrow-striped Dasyure or Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, Phascolosorex dorsalis (IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Papua New GuineaPapua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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