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The giant bandicoot (Peroryctes broadbenti) is Papua New Guinea's largest bandicoot, described by Edward Ramsay in 1879.
The striped bandicoot (Microperoryctes longicauda) is a New Guinean bandicoot described by Peters and Doria in 1876 and found in West Papua.
Raffray's bandicoot (Peroryctes raffrayana) is a New Guinean bandicoot described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1878 and found in Indonesia.
The long-nosed echymipera (Echymipera rufescens) is a spiny bandicoot of New Guinea, Indonesia and Cape York, described in 1875.
The common echymipera (Echymipera kalubu) is a New Guinean spiny bandicoot described by Johann Fischer in 1829 and found on nearby islands.
Clara's echymipera (Echymipera clara) is a spiny bandicoot from Indonesian West Papua and Papua New Guinea, described by Stein in 1932.
The Arfak pygmy bandicoot (Microperoryctes aplini) is a vulnerable Indonesian bandicoot described in 2004 from the Arfak Mountains.
Menzies' echymipera (Echymipera echinista) is a data-deficient spiny bandicoot endemic to Papua New Guinea, described in 1990.
The Seram bandicoot (Rhynchomeles prattorum) is an endangered Indonesian bandicoot, the only species of Rhynchomeles, described by Oldfield Thomas in 1920.
David's echymipera (Echymipera davidi) is an endangered spiny bandicoot described by Tim Flannery in 1990 from Kiriwina Island.
