Black-tailed dasyure

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| name = Black-tailed dasyure{{MSW3 Groves | pages = 30–31}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Leary, T. |author2=Seri, L. |author3=Wright, D. |author4=Hamilton, S. |author5=Helgen, K. |author6=Singadan, R. |author7=Menzies, J. |author8=Allison, A. |author9=James, R. |author10=Dickman, C. |author11=Lunde, D. |author12=Aplin, K. |author13=Woolley, P. |year=2016 |title=Murexia melanurus |volume=2016 |page=e.T1591A21943184 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1591A21943184.en |access-date=4 August 2021}}

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| genus = Murexia

| species = melanurus

| authority = (Thomas, 1899)

| synonyms = Murexechinus melanurus (Van Dyck, 2002)
Antechinus melanurus (Thomas, 1899)
Antechinus wilhelmina (Tate, 1947)
Murexia melanura (O. Thomas, 1899){{{Cite web|url= https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id33331/}}}

| range_map = Black-tailed Dasyure area.png

| range_map_caption = black-tailed dasyure range

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The black-tailed dasyure (Murexia melanurus) is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae.{{BioRef|asm|genus=Murexia |species=melanurus|access-date=24 July 2020}}

Range and habitat

The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which is part of Indonesia, and of Papua New Guinea. It is also present in the Arfak Mountains of Western New Guinea and the Torricelli Mountains in northern Papua New Guinea. It is found from sea level to mid-montane areas up to 2,800 meters elevation.

Its natural habitat is forest, including lowland rain forest and montane rain forest (mid-montane forest, beech forest, pandanus forest, and mossy forest).

It is fairly abundant across its range, and its population is stable.

Breeding

The Black-tailed dasyure breeds throughout the year. Females have up to four young.

References

External links

[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-19/scientists-discover-new-species-with-fatal-attraction/5268998 Scientists discover new species with fatal attraction on Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland]—Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Wednesday, 19 February 2014)

Category:Dasyuromorphs

Category:Mammals described in 1899

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Marsupials of New Guinea