''Murexia'' is a genus of mouse-sized

dasyure The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 71 extant species divided into 17 genera. Many are small and mouse-like or shrew-like, giving some of them the name marsupial mice or marsupial shrews, but th ...

, in the

marsupial Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas. One of marsupials' unique features is their reproductive strategy: the young are born in a r ...

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Dasyuromorphia Dasyuromorphia (, meaning "hairy tail" in Greek) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the extinct thylacine. In Australia, the exceptions include ...

. They are found in Papua,

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and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

Species

The genus was previously considered a monotypic genus, but now multiple species are recognised. *

Habbema dasyure The Habbema dasyure (''Murexia habbema'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country ...

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Murexia habbema The Habbema dasyure (''Murexia habbema'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae found in West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country ...

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short-furred dasyure 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 ...

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Murexia longicaudata 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 ...

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black-tailed dasyure The black-tailed dasyure (''Murexia melanurus'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. Range and habitat The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which ...

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Murexia melanurus The black-tailed dasyure (''Murexia melanurus'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. Range and habitat The Black-tailed dasyure is native to New Guinea, where it ranges across the Central Cordillera of Western New Guinea, which ...

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long-nosed dasyure The long-nosed dasyure (''Murexia naso'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Ocea ...

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Murexia naso The long-nosed dasyure (''Murexia naso'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Ocea ...

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broad-striped dasyure The broad-striped dasyure (''Murexia rothschildi'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Some authorities place it in the monotypic ...

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Murexia rothschildi The broad-striped dasyure (''Murexia rothschildi'') is a species of marsupial in the family Dasyuridae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Some authorities place it in the monotypic ...

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* Dasyuromorphs Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Marsupials of New Guinea Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate Taxa named by Richard Archbold {{Marsupial-stub