Echymipera davidi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perameloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Cladus: Agreodontia Ordo: Peramelemorphia Superfamilia: Perameloidea

Familia: Peramelidae
Subfamilia: Echymiperinae
Genus: Echymipera
Species: Echymipera davidi

Name

Echymipera davidi Flannery, 1990: 29

• Holotype: AM M.7154, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by E.G. Troughton on 28 April 1945.
• Type locality: “Kiriwina Island (08°30'S, 151°00'E), Trobriand Group, Papua New Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• Flannery, T.F. 1990. Echymipera davidi, a new species of Perameliformes (Marsupialia) from Kiriwina Island, Papua New Guinea, with notes on the systematics of the genus Echymipera. Pp. 29–35 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. Bandicoots and Bilbies. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Chipping Norton.

Links

• Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K. & Seri, L. 2016. IUCN: Echymipera davidi  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7017A21966774. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7017A21966774.en. Accessed on 24 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: David's Spiny Bandicoot