Short-furred dasyure

{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}

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| name = Short-furred dasyure{{MSW3 Dasyuromorphia | id = 10800069 | page = 31}}

| image = Murexia longicaudata.jpg

| image_caption = Preserved specimen

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Woolley, P. |author2=Leary, T. |author3=Seri, L. |author4=Wright, D. |author5=Hamilton, S. |author6=Helgen, K. |author7=Singadan, R. |author8=Menzies, J. |author9=Allison, A. |author10=James, R. |author11=Dickman, C. |author12=Lunde, D. |author13=Aplin, K. |date=2016 |title=Murexia longicaudata |volume=2016 |page=e.T13930A21943259 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13930A21943259.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| display_parents = 3

| genus = Murexia

| species = longicaudata

| authority = (Schlegel, 1866)

| range_map = Short-furred Dasyure area.png

| range_map_caption = Short-furred dasyure range
(blue — native, red — introduced)

}}

The short-furred dasyure (Murexia longicaudata), also known as the short-haired marsupial mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It was once recognised as the only species in the genus Murexia, but now five species are recognised.{{BioRef|asm|genus=Murexia|access-date=23 July 2020}}{{BioRef|iucn|genus=Murexia|access-date=23 July 2020}} It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Conservation status

Its population is considered stable, so the species is listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN.

Systematics

The short-furred dasyure used to form the genus Murexia together with the broad-striped dasyure. In 2005, Colin Groves divided the genus Murexia into two monotypic genera, Murexia for the short-furred dasyure and Paramurexia for the broad-striped dasyure, based on cladistic analyses.

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