The Tate's three-striped dasyure (''Myoictis wavicus'') is a member of the order

Dasyuromorphia Dasyuromorphia (, meaning "hairy tail" in Greek) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the thylacine. In Australia, the exceptions include the omn ...

. This

marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a po ...

carnivore lives in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. It inhabits primary

montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...

. Like its congeners, it is thought to be diurnal and largely terrestrial. ''Myoictis wavicus'' was previously considered to be a subspecies of ''M. melas''. It was recently elevated to full species status based on morphological and genetic examinations. It is most closely related to ''M. leucura''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q724336 Dasyuromorphs Mammals described in 1947