NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Striped Bandicoot

Microperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876)

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

The striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The striped bandicoot is a host of the Acanthocephalan intestinal parasite Australiformis semoni.

Wikipedia contributors, Striped bandicoot; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:06:33.398512+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Microperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Name authority: (Peters & Doria, 1876)
Common name: Striped Bandicoot
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Microperoryctes
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.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
infraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880
orderPeramelemorphia Ameghino, 1889
familyPeramelidae Gray, 1825
subfamilyEchymiperinae McKenna & Bell, 1997
genusMicroperoryctes Stein, 1932
speciesMicroperoryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876)

Close classified relatives

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

Species	Classification	Source status
Mouse BandicootMicroperoryctes murina Stein, 1932	PeramelidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant
Papuan BandicootMicroperoryctes papuensis (Laurie, 1952)	PeramelidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 16 records assigned to Peramelidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Peroryctes longicauda (Peters & Doria, 1876) (Peters & Doria, 1876)	synonym
Perameles longicauda Peters & Doria, 1876 Peters & Doria, 1876	synonym

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.

https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=552669 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.

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:432VV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.