Myoictis
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Myoictis is a genus of marsupials in the order 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...

. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

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There are four species:
  • Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis leucura
  • Three-striped Dasyure
    Three-striped Dasyure
    The Three-striped Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore lives in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.- References :...

    , Myoictis melas
  • Wallace's Dasyure
    Wallace's Dasyure
    Wallace's Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia....

    , Myoictis wallacii
  • Tate’s Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis wavicus
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