Eastern striped bandicoot

{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}

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| name = Eastern striped bandicoot{{MSW3 Groves|pages=38-42|id=10900050|heading=Microperoryctes longicauda ornatus}}{{cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Sichun |last2=Banavali |first2=Nilesh K. |last3=Roux |first3=Benoît |title=Mapping the conformational transition in Src activation by cumulating the information from multiple molecular dynamics trajectories |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=10 March 2009 |volume=106 |issue=10 |pages=3776–3781 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0808261106 |pmid=19225111 |pmc=2656156 |bibcode=2009PNAS..106.3776Y |doi-access=free }}

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| genus = Microperoryctes

| species = ornata

| authority = (Thomas, 1904)

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The eastern striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes ornata) is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation.{{cite book | author = Flannery, T.F. | year = 1995 | title = Mammals of New Guinea | edition = 2nd | location = Chatswood, New South Wales | publisher = Reed Books | isbn = 0-7301-0411-7}}{{pn|date=December 2021}} The eastern striped bandicoot is a terrestrial omnivore.

It was previously listed as a subspecies of Microperoryctes longicauda.{{cite journal |last1=Helgen |first1=Kristofer M. |last2=Flannery |first2=Timothy F. |title=A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea |journal=Journal of Zoology |date=February 2004 |volume=264 |issue=2 |pages=117–124 |doi=10.1017/S0952836904005667 }}