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There are 138 species of mammals in the ecoregion, mostly marsupials, bats, and murid rodents.Seven mammal species are endemic: broad-striped dasyure (Paramurexia rothschildi), giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti), Papuan bandicoot (Microperoryctes papuensis), New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene), Chiruromys lamia, Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys levipes), and Van Deusen's rat ...
Greater bird-of-paradise. The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians.. As the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea occupies less than 0.5% of world's land surface, yet supports a high percentage of global biodiversity.
The Central Range includes the Weyland Mountains at its western end, the Snow Mountains in Indonesia's Papua Province, the Star Mountains which span the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea border, and the Central and Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. [1] [3] The Bird's Neck Isthmus is at the western end of the Central Range.
The Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests extend across the northern lowlands of the island of New Guinea, lying between the New Guinea Central Range to the south and the Pacific Ocean to the north. It extends from the eastern shore of Cenderawasih Bay in Indonesia's Papua Province east to Morobe Province of Papua New ...
The ecoregion includes the foothills and lowlands south of New Guinea's Central Range. Above 1000 meters elevation, the lowland forests transition to the Central Range montane rain forests . The Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests ecoregion covers extensive areas of the Fly River lowlands to the south, and the lower reaches of some ...
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Papua New Guinea". IUCN. 2001 dead link ] "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007 "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006
In this context, Australasia is limited to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and neighbouring islands, including the Indonesian islands from Lombok and Sulawesi eastward. The Wallace Line to the west divides areas in the Indomalayan realm of tropical Asia which are or have at times been directly connected to the Asian mainland ...
The Queen Alexandra's birdwing is considered endangered by the IUCN, [1] being restricted to approximately 100 km 2 (40 sq mi) of coastal rainforest near Popondetta, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It is nonetheless abundant locally and requires old growth rainforest for its long-term survival.