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New Guinean planigale

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
Dasyuridae

Scientific name
  
Planigale novaeguineae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Dasyuromorphia

Genus
  
Planigale

Higher classification
  
Planigale

New Guinean planigale

Similar
  
Chestnut dunnart, Narrow‑striped marsupial shrew, Wallace's dasyure, Gilbert's dunnart, Red‑bellied marsupial shrew

The New Guinean planigale (Planigale novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan planigale, is a species of small marsupial carnivore native to the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea.

References

New Guinean planigale Wikipedia