The New Guinean spiny bandicoots (

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''Echymipera'') are members of the

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Peramelemorphia The Order (biology), order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilby, bilbies; it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores. All members of the order are endemic to the twin land masses of Australia-New Guinea and mo ...

. They are found on

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and nearby islands as well as on the

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of Australia.

Species

All ''Echymipera'' species are native to New Guinea. The

common echymipera The common echymipera (''Echymipera kalubu''), or common spiny bandicoot, is a bandicoot. It is long-snouted even by bandicoot standards. The upper parts are a coarse reddish-brown, flecked with spiny buff and black hairs. The tail is short and a ...

and

long-nosed echymipera The long-nosed echymipera (''Echymipera rufescens''), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dr ...

are also found on neighboring islands. *

Clara's echymipera Clara's echymipera (''Echymipera clara''), or Clara's spiny bandicoot or white-lipped bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviate ...

(''Echymipera clara'') *

David's echymipera David's echymipera (''Echymipera davidi''), or David's spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found on the island of Kiriwina, in the Trobriand Islands The Trobriand Islands are a archipelago of coral atoll ...

(''Echymipera davidi'') *

Common echymipera The common echymipera (''Echymipera kalubu''), or common spiny bandicoot, is a bandicoot. It is long-snouted even by bandicoot standards. The upper parts are a coarse reddish-brown, flecked with spiny buff and black hairs. The tail is short and a ...

(''Echymipera kalubu'') *

Long-nosed echymipera The long-nosed echymipera (''Echymipera rufescens''), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dr ...

(''Echymipera rufescens'') *

Menzies' echymipera Menzies' echymipera (''Echymipera echinista''), or Menzies' spiny bandicoot or Fly River bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papu ...

(''Echymipera echinista'')

References

Peramelemorphs Marsupials of New Guinea Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Taxa named by René Lesson {{marsupial-stub