Echymipera echinista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perameloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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

Echymipera echinista Menzies, 1990: 92

Holotype: UPNG 3075, adult ♀, skin and skeleton, collected by Patricia A. Woolley on 3 November 1989.
Type locality: “near Iamega, Wipim, Western (Fly River) Province of Papua New Guinea; 8°51'S, 142°58'E; altitude less than 40 m asl”.

Menzies, J.I. 1990. Notes on spiny bandicoots, Echymipera spp. (Marsupialia; Peramelidae) from New Guinea and description of a new species. Science in New Guinea 16(2): 86–98.

Leary, T., Wright, D., Hamilton, S., Singadan, R., Menzies, J., Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Seri, L., Aplin, K., Dickman, C. & Salas, L. 2016. IUCN: Echymipera echinista (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7016A21967022. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7016A21967022.en. Accessed on 24 March 2026.