Murexia rothschildi is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Dasyuridae family.

Murexia rothschildi is commonly known (its common name) as the Broad-Striped Dasyure in English. In French (Français), Murexia rothschildi is commonly known as the Rat Marsupial Rayé.

Murexia rothschildi is classified as data deficient, meaning more data is needed on the species for categorization, by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Murexia rothschildi's population trend was unknown at last assessment.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Murexia rothschildi is (Tate, 1938) (IUCN Red List).

Country Distribution: Murexia rothschildi is found in the following countries:

Papua New Guinea (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Murexia rothschildi: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Murexia rothschildi is listed as DD ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Murexia rothschildi's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Murexia rothschildi's Red List status was evaluated by Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (IUCN Red List).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Murexia rothschildi:[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Murexia rothschildi (IUCN Red List).

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