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Menzies' Echymipera

Echymipera echinista Menzies, 1990

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Echymipera echinista Menzies, 1990
Name authority
Menzies, 1990
Common name
Menzies' Echymipera
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Peramelemorphia
Family
Peramelidae
Genus
Echymipera
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880
  11. orderPeramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
  12. familyPeramelidae Gray, 1825
  13. subfamilyEchymiperinae McKenna & Bell, 1997
  14. genusEchymipera Lesson, 1842
  15. speciesEchymipera echinista Menzies, 1990

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Echymipera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Clara's EchymiperaEchymipera clara Stein, 1932PeramelidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
David's EchymiperaEchymipera davidi Flannery, 1990PeramelidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Common EchymiperaEchymipera kalubu (Fischer, 1829)PeramelidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 16 records assigned to Peramelidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Australia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552666 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:38MVS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.