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Echymipera rufescens

Osteichthyes - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Taxonomy
Echymipera rufescens was named by Peters and Doria (1875). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Echymipera rufescens Peters and Doria
2005Echymipera rufescens Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
subfamilyEchymiperinaeMcKenna and Bell 1997
genusEchymiperaLesson 1842
speciesrufescensPeters and Doria 1875

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Echymipera rufescens Peters and Doria 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrials
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "A wide variety of foods were eaten, but fruits and seeds contributed the largest proportion of material to faeces, followed by invertebrates, fungi and dicot plants."s
Created: 2020-12-16 12:14:24
Modified: 2020-12-16 12:14:24
Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Shevill and Johnson 2007, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available